THE AUSTRALIAN HOUSEHOLD GUIDE

1916
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Overview

The Australian household guide, edited by Lady Hackett.
It includes handy advice on subjects such as babies, invalid cooking, cleaning, poultry keeping, laundry, general cooking, etc. Includes advertisements of that time.

Historical information

Deborah Vernon Buller Murphy (née Drake-Brockman, previously Hackett and Moulden; 18 June 1887 – 16 April 1965), best known as Lady Hackett or Lady Moulden, was an Australian community worker, philanthropist, and mining investor.
Born in West Guildford, Western Australia, on 18 June 1887, she was the daughter of surveyor Frederick Slade Drake-Brockman and heroine Grace Vernon Bussell and younger sister of Edmund Drake-Brockman.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-37-2001.666
Item type
Width
150 mm
Height or length
225 mm
Depth
70 mm
Inscriptions and markings

E.S. Wigg & Son Limited, Hay St., Perth.
Handwritten inscription on inside cover, "A Whitfield / Knockdominie / Toodyay"
Opposite title page is a picture of a lady and a signature? of Deborah Hackett, the Editor of the book.

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Statement of significance

Owned by Whitfield family, Knockdominie

Shire of Toodyay

Shire of Toodyay

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