Freda Bage, university teacher, was born on 11 Apr 1883 at St Kilda, Victoria and educated in England and in Melbourne. She graduated B.Sc from the University of Melbourne in 1905 and M.Sc with second-class honours in 1907. She taught at the University of Melbourne and did research work until being appointed lecturer in charge of biology at the University of Queensland in 1913. She become first principal of The Women's College at the University of Queensland on 8 Feb 1914. After a long and distinguished academic career, Freda Bage retired in 1946. She died in Brisbane on 23 Oct 1970. Her brother, Edward (born 17 Apr 1888), served with distinction on the Mawson Antarctic expedition, joined the Australian Imperial Force in 1914, and was killed at Gallipoli in May 1915.