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Photograph of Isabella Duncan and child

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c. 1881

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Morrell family Archives

Overview

black and white portrait of a woman and child

Historical information

Isabella Jane Duncan (nee Pearson) and child (possibly Robert Lionel Duncan).
Isabella (born 27/05/1843) was the oldest child of Francis & Mary Anne Pearson (nee Blackett). Married Thomas Lindsay Duncan at Champion Bay on 29/06/1857, and the couple lived at Raphoe, Greenough. Thomas died in 1878 the same year the couples' last child, Robert Lionel Duncan was born. Robert died in 1888.

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Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMME0440

Item type

Themes

People
Photography

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

134 mm

Height or length

185 mm

Depth

2 mm

Keywords

Place made

Geraldton
Western Australia
Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Well provenanced

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