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Emma Mary WITHNELL
Also known as: née Hancock
Born: 19/12/1842
Died: 16/05/1928
Special Achievements:One of the first women in Western Australia to be made a Justice of the Peace.
Additional Information:Settled near Mt Welcome in 1864. Her son, James, found the gold bearing stone which started the Pilbara goldfield in 1887.
Emma looked after the sick and delivered babies.
Trusted by the Aboriginals she nursed and vaccinated many in a smallpox epidemic in 1866. She was a mother of 11 children.
Resources
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References
Battye, J. S. (James Sykes). (1985). The cyclopedia of Western Australia: an historical and commercial review, descriptive and biographical facts, figures and illustrations: an epitome of progress. Carlisle, W.A.: Hesperian Press.
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References
De Vries, Susanna. (2010). The Complete Book of Heroic Australian Women: Twenty-one Pioneering Women Whose Stories Changed History. Pymble, New South Wales: HarperCollins.
Chapter 2: Emma Mary Withnell 1842-1928
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References
Weightman, Llyrus. (no date). Emma Withnell Mother of the North-West. Australian Heritage, 36-40.
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Dunn, John. (2008, May). Mother of the north-west. Outback, page numbers unknown.
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References
Martin, Thea. Pioneer “Mother of North-West”. newspaper unknown. date unknown:page unknown.