Gwen Bentley

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c. 1973

Overview

Head and shoulders portrait of Gwen Bentley with short, curly dark hair and wearing a print dress, three string pearl necklace and pearl earrings.

Historical information

Gwendoline 'Gwen' Iris Tilly (1900-1996), daughter of Alfred Tilly (1865-1954) and Annie Fleetwood Mills (1864-1952), was born in Maitland, South Australia on 30 December 1900.

Married the Reverand Hartley Richard Edwin Haworth (1894-1939) at the Methodist Church Dixson, South Australia on 08 November 1922.

After the death Reverand Haworth in 1939, married Victor Herbert Bentley (1890-1980) in Perth, Western Australia in 1948.

President of the Myola Club, Claremont from 1964-1967.

Gwen died on 23 January 1980 aged 90.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-28--5-353

Item type

Photographs

Themes

Social History

Material

Photographic Materials

Inscriptions and markings

Stamped on front of mount [HONG KONG. GAINSBOROUGH STUDIO].

Contextual information

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.

Keywords

1970s

Place made

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Year

c. 1973

Links to additional resources

Claremont Museum. [www.claremont.wa.gov.au]

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