Objects once owned by Mary Hannay Foott [manuscript]. 1893-1917.

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Objects once owned by Mary Hannay Foott [manuscript]. 1893-1917.

Includes photograph of Cecil Henry Foott, Thomas a Kempis' 'The Imitation of Christ', 'The Psalms and Church Hymnary', notebook, and 'Book of Common Prayer'. Also a letter 1917 May 23 from Arthur Patrick Foott, donated by Patricia Foott. Also includes correspondence between Nancy Bonnin and a number of people re: Mary Hannay Foott, 1968-1971. Includes photo showing Mary Hannay Foott with family in Bundaberg in 1915, with negative. Also copy of obituary in News Mail, 1918 Oct 13.

1 folder ; 30 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7053659

Libraries Australia

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Foott, Mary Hannay, 1846-1918

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Foott, Arthur Patrick.

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Bonnin, Nancy

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Constance Mackness, teacher and author, was born in Tuena, New South Wales in 1882 and educated at Fort Street Model School and the University of Sydney. She entered the teaching profession and was chosen in 1917 as the founding headmistress of the Presbyterian Girls' College, Warwick, Queensland, where she taught for the next 30 years. She published ten books and wrote articles and short stories for the Bulletin and local papers. She retired from teaching in 1949 and died in Brisbane in 1973. ...