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Albany Historical Society Inc > Records

A HAPPY FAILURE - A STORY FOR GIRLS

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1903

Overview

Red cloth hard cover with gold and black lettering. Illustration on cover of three maids holding a plate, a broom and a duster. Illustration on spine of man being hauled up a cliff by a rope. 189 pages, and contents pages. Inside front cover is written ''W.C.A. Quartermaine, Albany, WA''. On front end paper is written in ink ''Thomas Quartermaine, Moojebing Hall, Best All round Bag, Xmas 1903''. Also a series of stamped ''WCA2'' across the page.

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cwa-org-51-B2007.28

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DAWSON, Ethel

Keywords

Children's Novel

Year

Statement of significance

Owner William Charles Alfred Quartermaine moved to Albany 1906, all children educated at Moojebing School.

Albany Historical Society Inc

Albany Historical Society Inc

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