Frances Clark is the great grand-daughter of Frederick and Elizabeth Brentnall and a custodian of the Brentnall family archive. Frederick was a Wesleyan minister, a member of the Queensland Legislative Council, a major stakeholder in 'The Telegraph' newspaper, and a director of numerous Queensland companies. Elizabeth was state president and later honorary life president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Queensland (WCTU) and a prominent activist in the cause of Queensland women's suffrage. Their daughter Flora was also a suffragist and an organiser for the WCTU, and was well-known for organising fund-raising functions for charity. She was a friend of Brisbane sculptor Daphne Mayo. Her daughter Noela continued the tradition of charitable work and was heavily involved in the Creche and Kindergarten Association of Queensland.
From the description of Papers, 1868-1970 [manuscript]. 1868-1970. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 511617597
