Flora Farmaner
c. 1938Head and shoulders portrait of Flora Farmaner wearing a dark dress with beading on the front and earrings.
Flora Susan Everett (1881-1965), daughter of George James Everett (1842-1915) and Martha Susannah Doust (1846-1935), was born in Toodyay, Western Australia on 04 August 1881.
Married George Frederick Farmaner in Claremont on 7 November 1900.
Flora and George had four children:
Eileen Violet Farmaner (1903-1949)
Harold Frederick Glyde Farmaner (1904-1998)
Molly Verna Farmaner (1909-1966)
Peggy Everett Farmaner (1913-1942)
Joined the Claremont branch of the Red Cross Society in 1939 and was branch president from 1947-1962. Awarded an honorary life membership of the Red Cross in 1952. Officer in charge of the Prisoners' of War shop and tearooms during WWII.
Was president of Myola Club, Claremont from 1938-1941.
Awarded a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1963 for her extensive service with the Red Cross Society.
Flora died on 25 March 1965 aged 83.
Details
Details
Written in black ink (barely visible on black background) on front of photo [FLORA FARMANER]. In white ink [FALK STUDIO].
The Myola Club (1921-2004) began as Mrs Flower's Literary Circle through an arrangement that Ellen Jewell 'Nellie' Flowers nee Rice (1858-1942) made with Lionel Logue, to coach a group of women in the art of speech making and chairing a meeting.
Myola means 'place for knowledge' or 'meet and learn'.
The club built premises at 6 Stirling Road, Claremont which were opened by Nellie Flower on 30 April 1935.
Declining numbers, an aging membership and the high cost of maintaining the building forced the Club to close in December 2004.
Copyright and Reference
Copyright and Reference
Acknowledgements to be made to 'Claremont Museum 05.342'.
Source: Claremont Museum 05.342
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