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Town of Claremont Museum > Records

Betty Russell-Smith

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c. 1982

Overview

Head and shoulders portrait of Betty Russell-Smith with short, curly grey hair and wearing a blue and white print dress, gold chain necklace and blue earrings.

Historical information

Betty Lever Booth (1914-2001), daughter of James Robert Booth (1877-1957) and Anne May Ryder, was born in Maddington, Western Australia in 1914.

Married Geoffrey Russell-Smith in Guildford, Western Australia in 1943.

Joined the Myola Club, Claremont in 1955 and was president from 1982-1985.

Betty died on 18 June 2001 aged 87.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-28--5-354

Item type

Photographs

Themes

Material

Photographic Materials

Contextual information

The Myola Club (1921-2004) began as Mrs Flower's Literary Circle through an arrangement that Ellen Jewell 'Nellie' Flowers nee Rice (1858-1942) made with Lionel Logue, to coach a group of women in the art of speech making and chairing a meeting.

Myola means 'place for knowledge' or 'meet and learn'.

The club built premises at 6 Stirling Road, Claremont which were opened by Nellie Flower on 30 April 1935.

Declining numbers, an aging membership and the high cost of maintaining the building forced the Club to close in December 2004.

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Western Australia, Australia

Year

Links to additional resources

Claremont Museum. [www.claremont.wa.gov.au]

Last modified

Friday, 2 October, 2026

Completeness

100

Copyright and Reference

Copyright and Reference

Rights category

Date of creation +70 years

Permissions

For authorisation to reproduce, publish or display, please contact the Claremont Museum.

Attribution requirements

Acknowledgements to be made to 'Claremont Museum 05.354'.

Rights holder

Claremont Museum, Town of Claremont, Western Australia, 6010

Town of Claremont Museum

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