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Elsa Margaretta PETRICK

Also known as: née Johannsen

Died: 12/1986

Special Achievements:

Journalist of Northern Territory.

Additional Information:

Daughter of pioneer Johannsen family.

Image - Mr and Mrs Johannsen and daughters Elsa and Trudy, 1910.

Photo courtesy of the State Library of South Australia, B15398
Link - "Wonderful Women"

ABC Rural Northern Territory

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References

Isaacs, Jennifer. (1990). Pioneer Women of the Bush and Outback. Sydney: Lansdowne Publishing, p. 202-203, 205.

“In 1923-24 the family was asked to take over management of the Mission Station at Hermannsburg, as Pastor Carl Strehlow had passed away. … Ottilie resumed her teaching and introduced embroidery and crochet to the women, now assisted by her daughter Elsa. …”