Photograph, Mary Hitchins at 'Lontetree', undated

Historical information

Mary Jane Rankin, daughter of Ewen Rankin and Head Teacher at Happy Valley School, married widower Edwin Drummond Hitchins in 1918. At the time he was manager of the Bank of New South Wales in Linton.
In 1923, following Ed's retirement as bank manager, they bought Allotment 20 at Mannibadar (previously a soldier settler block) and named it 'Lonetree'.

Physical description

Digital image of a woman with white hair, standing with her left hand resting on a farm gate, over which is hanging the branch of a tree. She is wearing a mid-length print dress with a collar, and lace-up shoes. In the paddock behind her there is a parked utility truck, and in the far background a small cluster of trees.

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