THE AUSTRALIAN HOUSEHOLD GUIDE

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1916

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Overview

The Australian household guide, edited by Lady Hackett.
It includes handy advice on subjects such as babies, invalid cooking, cleaning, poultry keeping, laundry, general cooking, etc. Includes advertisements of that time.

Historical information

Deborah Vernon Buller Murphy (née Drake-Brockman, previously Hackett and Moulden; 18 June 1887 – 16 April 1965), best known as Lady Hackett or Lady Moulden, was an Australian community worker, philanthropist, and mining investor.
Born in West Guildford, Western Australia, on 18 June 1887, she was the daughter of surveyor Frederick Slade Drake-Brockman and heroine Grace Vernon Bussell and younger sister of Edmund Drake-Brockman.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.666

Item type

Material

Width

150 mm

Height or length

225 mm

Depth

70 mm

Themes

Social History

Inscriptions and markings

E.S. Wigg & Son Limited, Hay St., Perth.
Handwritten inscription on inside cover, "A Whitfield / Knockdominie / Toodyay"
Opposite title page is a picture of a lady and a signature? of Deborah Hackett, the Editor of the book.

Year

1916

Statement of significance

Owned by Whitfield family, Knockdominie

Shire of Toodyay

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