Gladys Moncrieff
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Gladys Moncrieff (13 April 1892 – 8 February 1976) was an Australian singer, known as 'Australia's Queen of Song' and 'Our Glad'.
She was born in Bundaberg, Queensland. She was best known for the title role in Harold Fraser-Simson's light opera The Maid of the Mountains. The waltz song Love Will Find a Way became particularly associated with her.
She retired to the Gold Coast and died there in 1976.
The federal electoral division of Moncrieff in Queensland, and the Canberra suburb Moncrieff were both named after her.
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