Mary Proctor, lecturer and author on astronomy, arrived in Sydney from Vancouver aboard the RMS Makura on 6 July 1912. Her visit to Australia and New Zealand was for the purpose of giving lectures on astronomy.

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‘Miss Mary Proctor (Daughter of the late Richard A. Proctor, the Eminent Astronomer), Who is Visiting Australia on a Lecturing Tour.’
Leader, 22 June 1912: 26.