Margaret Fulton

Margaret Isobel Fulton OAM (10 October 1924 – 24 July 2019)^[1] was a Scottish-born Australian food and cooking 'guru', writer, journalist, author, and commentator. She was the first of this genre of writers in Australia.^[2] She was born in Nairn, Scotland. Fulton's best known work was writing The Margaret Fulton Cookbook and for hosting Recipes from the Duchess of Duke Street.

Fulton in September 2012

Fulton was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 1983 Queen's Birthday Honours "In recognition of service to the media as a journalist and writer in the field of cookery".^[3]

Fulton died on 24 July 2019 at the age of 94.^[4]

References

1. Australian Biography Interview
2. Australian Biography Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 1 May 2007
3. Australian Government. "Its An Honour". Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
4. Margaret Fulton, who inspired Australians to undertake culinary adventures, is dead at 94

Other websites

• Official Website Archived 2013-09-02 at Archive.today
• Australian Biography Online Archived 2007-08-29 at the Wayback Machine
• 1 May 2007, ABC call for "Favourite Margaret Fulton Memory"