Dr Nancy Alice GUMPRECHT

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Missing since: 
Sunday, October 6, 1985
Last seen: 
Mt Maurice
Responsible jurisdiction: 
TAS
Year of birth: 
1939
 
Gender: 
Female
Build: 
Medium
Hair: 
Brown
Ethnicity: 
American

Circumstances

On Sunday the 6th of October 1985 Nancy Alice Gumprecht left her residence in Legana, Tasmania early in the morning, stating to her husband that she was going bushwalking in the Mount Maurice area. She failed to return, and she was reported missing later that afternoon.

A large-scale search was undertaken and her vehicle, a 1977 Honda Civic, was located in rugged bushland. Extensive land and air searches failed to locate Nancy.

Anyone with information which may assist in locating the whereabouts of Nancy is urged to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Tragedy struck in 1985, perhaps tempering the divisive relations that now existed between some quarters of the social work field, state and national branches of the AASW, the Department of Social Work and the Institute. Nancy Gumprecht (Head of Social Work 1984-1985) went missing on a bushwalk in October 1985. Nancy’s efforts preceding her disappearance had secured the reaccreditation of the newly named BSW for the next five years. Rebecca Gottshchalk recollects that ‘distraught students and staff suspended classes for a week while we all desperately joined in the unsuccessful search.’

https://125timeline.utas.edu.au/timeline/2010/how-provide-social-work-education-tasmania-part-1/