I am cheating here, but all I know of this lady is what I’ve read on other web pages and I don’t see any point in regurgitating what other people have said better. Of the many web pages about Mary Ann, the Wikipedia article does seem the most comprehensive. Although the best thing to read…
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She married William Skilling/Skillion in 1873. They had two children. Then a few years her later, her husband is arrested and sent off to gaol for six years, and at the same time, her mother is also gaoled. So at 21, Maggie is left looking after her own children, her mother’s young kids, and running…
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Australian Dictionary of Biography Wikipedia “Sir John Franklin owes much to his wife Lady Jane for his Tasmanian legacy” (from the Mercury). UTAS Library Open Repository (letters, diaries etc) ———————————————————— Came cross the following article (which was undated but it’s from the Examiner, 7 November 1888) and the referenced note. ANOTHER RELIC OF THE PAST…
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From the Examiner, 6 March 1911: There passed away yesterday, at her residence, 193 George-street, Miss Mary Lodder, a lady deeply respected and well known in church and philanthropic circles in this city. She had been connected with the Ministering Children’s’ League, Children’s Protection Society, and Girls’ Friendly Society, but on account of failing health…
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A list of 19th century Australian women novelists. Notes below. Caroline Atkinson Biography Read or read Barbara Baynton Biography Read Kathleen Caffyn Biography List of works Read Ada Cambridge Biography Read Jessie Catherine Couvreur Biography Read Céleste de Chabrillan Biography List of works Read Matilda Jane Evans Biography Read Mary Fortune (Interesting bio) Biography Read…
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I trawled the first three years of the Sydney Gazette (1803-1806) to see what I could find in the way of advertisements from women. The population of the town, less than 20 years after the start of British settlement, was just a few thousand, so there probably wasn’t much need or incentive to pay for…
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I came across a small pile of Midlands Agricultural Society* exhibition certificates that been awarded to Mrs Buist in the 1880s, for produce and working bullocks. Last month, I found some more, so I thought I’d see if I could find some more about her with a quick poke around. Seems she’d been winning at…
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Mrs Helen Robertson aged 89 years who died yesterday at her home in Rupert street, Collingwood was one of the foundation members of the former Tailoress’s Union which was formed in 1880. Mrs Robertson, who arrived in Victoria from Scotland in 1853 continued her association with the Clothing Trades Union for 50 years. She was…
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Death has been busy of late with our great public singers. The last who has joined the great majority is Madame Carandini. In Australia, and particularly in Adelaide, no songstress was better known and more highly esteemed. It was Madame Carandini who was one of the first ladies to introduce operas in this colony and,…
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Years ago, when the sports gallery at the museum was being created, Louise (collections manager) wanted to know a bit more about Mary Smith, so I found this article by Irene Schaffer. Mary is another widow who continued on managing her property after her husband died, but of more interest, she trained and raced horses…
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