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Alexander Gorrie With Daughter Margaret

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1925

Overview

Alexander Gorrie, wearing a light coloured 'flannel', dark trousers with braces and boots, sitting holding a black dog by its head. Daughter Margaret in light dress kneeling beside him in wild oats. Fence of posts and bush rails behind them. Cleared land and wooded hills beyond fence.

Historical information

Alexander Robert Gorrie (c.1890-1985), son of Alexander Peter Gorrie and Mary Ann Hart.

Married Mona Cherry (c.1898-1975), daughter of Walter Cherry (1875-1940) and Winifred Maude Omerod (1877-1931) at Claremont in 1919.

Alexander and Mona had two children: Margaret Hart (b.1920) and Jean Catherine (b.1924).

Lived at 48 Victoria Avenue, Claremont.

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cwa-org-28--4-80-

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Claremont Museum.

Last modified

Thursday, 28 August, 2025

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94

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Copyright category

Life of creator +70 years

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Claremont Museum, Town of Claremont, Western Australia, 6010

Claremont Museum

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Alexander Gorrie With Daughter Margaret

Alexander Gorrie with daughter Margaret
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