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Claremont Museum > Records

MILES ELIZABETH GALLOP CYCLONE

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c. 1880

Overview

B/W print of a sepia studio portrait of a young girl. She is wearing a dark frock trimmed with white braid, bows and edging, white stockings and dark boots. Her hair is pulled back from her face, caught with a bow and falls over her shoulder in tight ringlets. She is standing in front of a deep-buttoned chair and her left arm rests beside a floral arrangement on a table covered in a long cloth.

Historical information

Daughter of Sarah Gallop and William Warden Miles. Sarah was born near Roeborne during a cyclone in 1871. Known to family as 'Aunty Ci'.

Married A R Keesing and had two children Sylvia (Married Mr Francis) and Ross. Original photos were in a family bible on loan to the Museum.

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cwa-org-28--10-95-

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Sunday, 15 June, 2025

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