Susan Schardt | |
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Born | Susan Katherina Schardt 15 January 1872 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia |
Died | 9 October 1934 Ryde, New South Wales, Australia | (aged 62)
Nationality | Australian |
Occupation | philanthropist |
Years active | 1900–1934 |
Known for | founding the Royal Rehabilitation Hospital of Ryde |
Susan Schardt (15 January 1872 – 9 October 1934) was an Australian philanthropist who founded an organization to provide care for poverty-stricken people with incurable conditions who had been discharged from the hospital. Canvassing the state to raise funds, she founded the Commonwealth Home for Destitute Invalids in Ryde, New South Wales to offer services to a larger number of patients.