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Hackett to move in with her while Hackett was renovating an historic residence she had purchased, at 69 Hackney Road, Hackney. They became joint owners of the property, and Mocatta has been mentioned as moving in, in 1950, however that address was given as Mocatta's residence
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Mocatta was born in Sydney, daughter of George Vivian Voss
Mocatta (died 1940) and his wife Emmeline Mary Gertrude Mocatta, née Hollingdale (died 1923). She was educated at Bessie Hooke's Woodstock School, North Sydney, and trained as a kindergarten teacher, teaching in several free kindergartens in
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in 1914. Together they decided to gain medical credentials, and in 1917 enrolled for first year science subjects at the
University of Western Australia. The following year, they switched to Medicine at the University of Melbourne, both graduating MB, BS, in 1922. They were registered together as
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Mocatta has been confused with paediatrician Dr (Estelle) Ruth
Mocatta, née Gault (16 July 1892 – 27 August 1973), who married Mocatta's brother, sheep farmer Cecil Houlton Mocatta (11 March 1889 – 30 July 1954) in 1929. The couple left Adelaide for
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in 1946, when her dog famously bit the postman. Besides her private practice as gynaecologist, during the early 1940s
Mocatta also worked at the Royal Adelaide Hospital as assistant honorary anaesthetist. Hackett died in 1963, a feeble slave to
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Mocatta took an interest in the assessment of intelligence in children considered below average by teachers and parents and served as honorary physician to the
Kindergarten Union and in 1926 honorary pathologist to the
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The theatre closed in 1936. In March 1936 Mocatta left for London, with
Hackett as companion, Mrs H. M. Downey house-sitting her Robe Terrace residence. While in London, she was admitted to membership of the
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teaching methods and equipment. She found a kindred spirit in
Adelaide girl Constance Alice Finlayson (died 1969), who succeeded Ethel J. Donnell (born 1885, also from Adelaide) as head of the
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26:, was an Australian medical practitioner. A Jewish socialite, she is remembered as a philanthropist and collector of Australian art. Her name has frequently connected with that of
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intervened, so
Mocatta accompanied Hackett in her place. Another time, in 1935, Mocatta flew to Perth with Lady Moulden for a brief visit. In 1934 Hackett, arts dilettante
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the poorer areas of Sydney. She moved to Western Australia, where she was appointed principal of Perth's second free kindergarten, in Marquis Street and, following
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Mocatta inherited the house, which became known as "Mocatta House". Mocatta, with Mrs Marchant as her live-in carer, lived on with increasing difficulty as
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in which she founded the Torch Theatre, for her benefit (as producer or director) and for her multitude of admirers, including Mocatta. A few examples:
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June 1935. Joan and Betty Rayner, as "The Troubadours", presented items of folklore from a variety of cultures from around the world.
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Australian Dictionary of Biography: Mocatta, Annie Mildred (1887–1984)
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1016:"Our house: histories of Australian homes: Mocatta House"
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Helen Jones (2012). "Annie Mildred Mocatta (1887–1984)".
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678:"Miss Hackett Arrives"
594:"Testing Intelligence"
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20:Annie Mildred Mocatta
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145:Hammersmith Hospital
131:The Beaux' Stratagem
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