Special Achievements

• First white child to live where Saint George is now situated.  With her mother, they were the first white women to reside in Maranoa District, Roma Queensland.
• Wrote Reminiscences of the Early Settlement of the Maranoa District, June, 1903.

Additional Information

• Mary Anna was a great horsewoman.

Document - Mary Anna McManus

from NPWHF Mary Anna McMANUS file

Narrative provided by her great niece, Betty Ballingall.

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Link - Reminiscences of the Early Settlement of the Maranoa District

Used with permission. A Project Gutenberg of Australia eBook. eBook No.: 1300171h.html

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Link - RELATIVES of one of the Maranoa's first European pioneers are set to right a serious wrong.

The Chronicle

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Link - Find your ancestors in Grazier's Review Magazine

Findmypast

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Image - Mary A. McManus

from Reminiscences of the Early Settlement of the Maranoa District

Photo used with permission of Project Gutenberg Australia. Work is out of copyright.