Photograph of two women, a baby and a dog

1925
Subcollections
Overview

Black & white photograph taken outdoors of two women, a baby and a dog.

Historical information

Isabella Jane Duncan (1843-1940) was the first born child of Francis Watson Pearson and Mary Ann Pearson (nee Blackett). She married Thomas Lindsay Duncan in 1857. They farmed at Raphoe, Central Greenough, were the couple we to raise a family of 9 children. Thomas died in 1878 and Isabella continued managing the farm until retiring to Rose Cottage, Central Greenough. There she was cared for by her oldest daughter Mary Ann (1860-1927). The baby, Betty May Elphick, was Isabella's granddaughter.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-72-GMME0452
Item type
Width
84 mm
Height or length
132 mm
Inscriptions and markings

Written on reverse, "Auntie Mary & Nana with Betty 1925."

Contextual Information

The photograph is a moving image of three generations of Greenough residents.

Keywords
Place made
Greenough
Western Australia
Australia
Year
Primary significance criteria
Social or spiritual significance
Comparative significance criteria
Well provenanced
Greenough Museum and Gardens

Greenough Museum and Gardens

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Mary Duncan with Isabella Duncan holding Betty May Elphick
Mary Duncan with Isabella Duncan holding Betty May Elphick at Greenough, 1925.

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