Historical information

CHRISTINA WALLACE WAS BORN IN CLUNES 1865 AND WAS THE DAUGHTER OF HENRY AND CHRISTINA WALLACE. SHE WAS BORN IN THE BUILDING NOW KNOWN AS THE CLUNES MUSEUM TODAY. HER FATHER HENRY WALLACE SUPPLIED TIMBER FOR THE MINES. MRS. WALLACE HAD THE FIRST SEWING MACHINE IN CLUNES WHICH WAS DONATED TO THE MUSEUM. AFTER THE WALLACE FAMILY LEFT CLUNES CHRISTINA MARRIED GEORGE VINGE IN 1884 IN SHEPPARTON AND DIED IN MELOURNE IN 1918

Physical description

1. SEPIA TONED PHOTOGRAPH OF CHRISTINA WALLACE AND GEORGE VINGE. (A)
2. CRISTINA WALLACE (B)
3. ELIZABETH WALLACE [BESS] (C)
4. LETTER FROM P. McNAMARA EXPLAINING PORTION OF FAMILY TREE AND DONATING HAND MACHINE TO MUSEUM
there are three distinct photos and a letter