Agent TypeFamilyActivities & OccupationsStudentsHistoryThe Greig sisters were born near Dundee, Scotland, and received their early education there. Their father, a travelling salesman for a textile firm and a man of scholarly interests, married Jean Stocks Macfarlane in 1871, and emigrated to Australia in 1889. In Melbourne, the girls attended the Presbyterian Ladies' College; Jane Stocks and Janet Lindsay also attended Brunswick Ladies' College; Stella Fida attended Melbourne Church of England Girls' Grammar School. Jane Stocks graduated in Medicine in 1895 and received the Diploma of Public Health in 1910; Janet Lindsay graduated in Medicine and Surgery in 1896, heading the honours list; Clara Puella studied but did not graduate in Science and became a teacher; Grata Flos Matilda was the first woman to be admitted as Bachelor of Law at this University, graduating in Arts in 1903 and LL.B. in 1905; and Stella Fida graduated LL.B. in 1911, but died in 1913.
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Greig Family. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 08/12/2025, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/61637
