Background
Lady Southey was born in San Francisco into the Myer family, the youngest of four children of Sidney and Merlyn Myer (née Baillieu).
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Lady Southey was born in San Francisco into the Myer family, the youngest of four children of Sidney and Merlyn Myer (née Baillieu).
She was educated at Street Catherine"s School, Toorak and the University of Melbourne. From the mid-1950s until 1999, she was director of the Myer family companies. On 1 January 2001, Lady Southey was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria under Governor John Landy.