This exhibition featured our collection of portraits of women from the Eurobodalla district, While many show women in traditional roles of wives, mothers and daughters others reflect the roles that some women were taking in wider society.
Portraits include
an exquisite c. 1860 hand tinted ambrotype of a mother and her children;
portraits taken by leading photographic studios of Eva Mylott and Marie Narelle, both renowned singers;
a portrait of Olive Constable nee Harvison, an early editor of the Moruya Examiner; and
A formidable portrait of Martha Batt, a local midwife.
By looking at the portraits and comparing them to contemporary images taken on mobile phones, visitors were able to see just how much the role of women has changed over time.
Sarah Anderson – 500/090Pearl Harvison – 000/457Patrick & Annie Cleary with child – 000/281Eva Mylott – 500/098Eva Theresa Mylott (16.11.1875 – 20.03.1920) was an Australian contralto opera singer. Eva Mylott was born in Tuross Head, New South Wales, Australia. – 500/099Marie Narelle, Talma & Co – 500/064Eva Mylott, Matzene Studios Chicago – 000/432Top – bottom Charlotte Hawdon nee Anderson, Sarah Anderson, Janet Anderson – 008/041Frances (Fanny) Luck – 004/ 008dMary Cooper – 004/008bOlive Constable nee Harvison – 000/456Sarah Anderson – 500/089Portrait of Mrs Alice Simpson. Alice, daughter of Abraham & Elizabeth Emmott, married William H. Simpson. He became the first mayor of the Eurobodalla Shire Council and was a member of the council for 15 years. – 000/733 Framed portrait of local mid-wife Martha Batt nee Hibberd. Martha was born in July 1844. Milnthorpe, Westmorland, England Martha arrived aboard the “Edward Oliver”, with family on 22 November 1856. Sydney, New South Wales. She married Thomas Batt & came to Moruya c1875. c. 1900 – 000/458Minnie Luck nee Bartlett – 500/088- Henry and Maria Tessier – 000/269Maud Batt – 000/460Neva Shittin – 500/087Gwendoline Spinks – 012/012Framed wedding photograph of Lillian May Pearce and William Barton Hunt. The couple was married on 6 June 1913 at St Stephen’s Church of England, Newtown, Sydney. – 000/405Sister Colombiere – 500/086 Sr. Colombiere was born Mary CONNORS on 30 November 1882 in Moruya. She entered The Order of the Good Samaritans 21 Sep 1903. Sr. Colombiere died 23 Apr 1965 Glebe, Sydney, NSW. Margaret Brown with Eric Brown – 007/067Elizabeth “Posie” Russell – 000/454 Posie was a well known local musician and singer. It was said that when Posie sang in Wamban she could be heard downstream at Kiora. Ambrotype – 000/762a The poster
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