Debutantes wearing tartan sashes across their gowns pose for a photo with their partners and Mayor and Mayoress, Cr. Dr. W.A. Kemp and Mrs. Kemp in 1952.B&w photomayoral balls, debutantes, kemp> w a (cr. dr.), kemp> - (mrs), mayors, clothing and dress, anderson> eunice, anderson> rosie, arrowsmith> merle, bassett> ellen, clark> myra, clark> rita, curtis> yvonne, donald> margaret, ellis> margaret, holmes> dorothea, jenkins> marjorie, johnson> lynette, kennedy> pamela, kennedy> patricia, macquarie> shirley, mccredden> irene, mcfadyen> norma, vernon> mavis, watkins> ruth, whitaker> jocelyn

Harriett Holmes is associated with the Coghill - Holmes - Chatham family of Ascot, Victoria. Harriet was born in Leicestershire, England in 1799. She was the daughter of Henry Carter and Dorothea Madge. Harriett Holmes married Henry Holmes. They had 12 children, 4 died in infancy. In 1852, Harriet Holmes, sailed from Bristol and arrived at Geelong, Victoria as an unassisted immigrant aboard ‘The Eagle’ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12912185 with her four youngest children: Catherine Dorothy (Kate Coghill) age 19 Adelaide Harriet (Adelaide Reid) age 17 Henry Vincent age 15 Edmund Augustus age 13 A black and white photo of a seated woman in a hat. Verso in blue ball point "Harriett Holmes"chatham family collection, chatham, holmes, coghill, harriett holmes, catherine holmes, william coghill junior, ascot, pioneers of larpent, immigrants and diggers, family history, women, pioneer women