Historical information

Photograph of Ivy May Child aged 19 years sitting in a garden playing a banjo mandolin.
Ivy May Child (1910 – 1989) was the daughter of Arthur Edward (Ted) Child (1878 – 1964) and Ethel May Madden (1888 – 1970). Ted Child was the son of Matthew Francis Child (1839 – 1933) and Martha Jeeves (1857 – 1926). He was the grandson of one of the early pioneers Francis Child. Ivy grew up on the family property on Childs Road and took many photographs. Ivy married Henry William Burgess (1906 – 1968) in 1944.

Physical description

Sepia coloured photograph of a young woman sitting in a garden sitting with a banjo mandolin.

Inscriptions & markings

On reverse: IVY CHILD