Career
She was the last-known surviving Australian born before the founding of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. Miriam Baker was born in Queensland. Thirty years later, she moved alone to the Master"s Lodge, a retirement living home where she resided in up until her death.
She died on 29 September 2011, at the age of 112 years 40 days.
Her death left 110-year-old Eva McConnell as the oldest living Australian until her death on August 12, 2012 aged 111.
