Small (postcard size) black and white photograph of school children in concert dress. Miss Barry's cantata group. This is one of several copies of the photograph of Miss Barry's cantata group in the LDHS collection. This copy belonged to the Downing family, and Doris and Lillian Downing are identified in an inscription on the reverse. Note: The most complete set of names that we have for this photograph are recorded for the copy of the photograph which has the registration number 2018-17."A school concert at Linton c1907. Doris Downing 2nd row 2nd from left between teacher and boy, Lillian Downing 2nd row 2nd from right in mortarboard next to teacher".doris downing, lillian downing, school concert, linton state school, miss barry's cantata group

The Downing family lived in Linton for two periods - the first, from about 1902 to 1907, and the second from about 1908 to 1910. Thomas Frederick Downing, born 1865, worked from 1890 as a fireman with the Victorian Railways. Five of the seven Downing children became teachers. The house in the photograph, in Grant Street, Linton, was afterwards lived in by Linton doctor and local identity Dr James Blair Donaldson Snr.Sepia photograph of three young girls and a boy standing in the gateway at front of a house."Downing family house on hill behind Dr Donaldson's Mr Downing engine driver".downing family, thomas frederick downing, frederick (fred) downing, gladys downing, lillian downing, doris downing, house in grant street

Biographical article on (Marion Lillian) Lily Addison (96 at time of article), focussing on the belief that she was the first Australian woman to play at Wimbledon. Article mentions in passing that she served as an army sister in the Middle East during World War One. Smaller clipping has a portrait photo of Lily in tennis outfit that gives a teaser of the larger article.Two newspaper clippings: The large clipping is a full page story with a large title, seven columns of text and three black and white pictures. The top picture is of a tennis racket, the middle photo is a studio portrait of four women, two standing and two sitting, two have tennis rackets. The small clipping is of a black and white photo of a woman's face and a caption from a different page.'*' [blue ink, lower left, in between column one and two] [blue ink, lines on either side of the fifth paragraph down of the fourth column of text, lower middle]ww1, wwi, australian army nurse, world war one, middle east, marion lillian (lily) addison