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Isabella Innes Anderson (1866–1940)

Isabella Innes Anderson,

Isabella Innes Anderson,

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Descendant of Captain Andrew Suter, Aide-de-Camp to the Marquis of Hastings, Governor-General of India. Born, Yambuck, Victoria. Daughter of Andrew Vernon Suter, Patoralist, of Yambuck, who arrived in Port Phillip in 1845, and Mrs. Suter, who was a daughter of David Fisher, Manager of “The Derwent Company,” a well-known pioneer of “Roslyn,” Geelong.

Wife of the late John Wilson Anderson, Esq., of Warrnambool, Victoria.

COMMITTEES. Member of Committee of Melbourne District Nursing Society; Past Hon. Treasurer of Fitzroy Free Mission Kindergarten; Ex. Hon. President of Warrnambool Ladies' Benevolent Society.

HOBBIES. Gardening, Travelling (has travelled extensively abroad, as well as visited China, Japan, Federated Malay States, New Zealand, Sumatra and Pacific Islands, etc. ).

CLUBS. Alexandra, past member of Quamby and Victoria League.

ADDRESS. “Yambuck, ” Gladstone Street, Sandringham, Victoria.

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'Anderson, Isabella Innes (1866–1940)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/anderson-isabella-innes-19179/text30730, accessed 19 April 2024.

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Isabella Innes Anderson,

Isabella Innes Anderson,

T. Humphrey & Co.