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Susie Olive Kaylock born Susie Harden aka Susie Rudder was an Australian local government official and community worker taking a stong interest in the Country Women's Association..
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- ↑ "Lowe Bucca". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales . Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ↑ Tate, Audrey, "Susie Olive Kaylock (1892–1959)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 23 December 2023
