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Albany Historical Society Inc > Records

REFLECTIONS - PROFILES OF 150 WOMEN WHO HELPED MAKE WESTERN AUSTRALIA'S HISTORY

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1979

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Red Dust cover with white lettering and illustration in colour, oval shape has picture of the founding of Perth with Helen Barbara Dance wife of Captain Townsend Dance R.N. comander of HMS Sulphur about to fell a tree, and lower illustration depicts three women from early colonial years to more later time. Dust cover is over white linen hard cover with gold lettering. 266 pages, illustrated. End papers have red background with black illustrations. Many of the stories in book have been wholly researched and written by Daphne Popham; others have been written by her from material supplied by the public; the remainder have been written by guest authors.

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cwa-org-51-B2007.61

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POPHAM, Daphne (editor)

Keywords

History - Western Australia

Women - Western Australia

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Statement of significance

Collection of profiles of Western Australian women a project of the Women's Committee for the 150th Anniversary Celebrations of W.A.

Albany Historical Society Inc

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