STRAUSS, MAUREEN
1981 - 2002Coloured prints. (a) 1981 head and shoulders image of Maureen Strauss in purple, vee-necked dress. She has a broad smile on her full face and short-cropped, straight hair. Beside her is a man in dark suit, light shirt and patterned tie. (b) 2002 image of a smiling Maureen Strauss beside a display of preserves at a market. In the background are people inspecting other produce for sale.
Thelma Maureen Strauss was born in Carnarvon. Educated at New Norcia, she trained as a teacher. An excellent hockey player, she married cricketer Ray Strauss, and spent time in England and Sweden. On return she became a prominent administrator in WA gymnastics. In 1970s she joined the Community Recreation Council, became Claremont's first woman councillor and eventually deputy mayor (1971-1981). With Sally Anne Hasluck, she was a leading campaigner for the establishment of a museum in the old police station house. Through the 1980s and 90s she worked for the departments of Youth, Sport and Recreation, Industrial Affairs, and Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare, becoming executive officer to the Worksafe WA Commission
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EAST CLAREMONT PRACTISING SCHOOL, STD 2, 1908
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EAST CLAREMONT PRACTISING SCHOOL STANDARDS 1 &2, C.1914
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CLAREMONT PRACTISING SCHOOL BOYS GARDENING GROUP 1910
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EAST CLAREMONT PRACTISING SCHOOL. STD 2, C1920
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EAST CLAREMONT PRACTISING SCHOOL, STD 3&4, C1920
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EAST CLAREMONT PRACTISING SCHOOL, SCHOOL PICNIC
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STEWART, EDWIN CHARLES
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EAST CLAREMONT PRACTISING SCHOOL, STDS 3&4, 1917
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EAST CLAREMONT PRACTISING SCHOOL INFANTS CLASS 1918
