Helen Bromilow

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c. 1929

Overview

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Helen Bromilow with her short hair is swept back from her forehead and she is wearing a sleeveless dress with a round neckline.

Historical information

Gladys Helen Gordon Snellgrove, daughter of Richard Snellgrove (1885-1924) and Kate Elizabeth Rayner (1856-1943), was born in Terowie, South Australia, Australia on 22 June 1989.

Married Frank Perrin Bromilow in 1913.

Joined the Myola Club, Claremont in 1921 and was club president 1929-1934, 1936-1938 and 1941-1948.

Died on 22 November 1968 aged 79.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-28--5-340

Item type

Photographs

Themes

Social History

Material

Photographic Materials

Inscriptions and markings

Written in faded black ink on front of photo [Helen Bromilow].
In pencil [C S Bardwell Clarke Sheffield House/Perth WA].

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.

Keywords

1920s

Place made

Western Australia, Australia

Year

c. 1929

Links to additional resources

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

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