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Baynton, Barbara Jane (1857–1929)

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Barbara Baynton, c.1892

Barbara Baynton, c.1892

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Barbara Baynton, c.1892

Barbara Baynton, c.1892

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Alternative Names
  • Allonson-Winn, Barbara
  • Frater, Barbara Jane
  • Lawrence, Barbara Janet
  • Headley, Lady
Birth

4 June, 1857
Scone, New South Wales, Australia

Death

28 May, 1929 (aged 71)
Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Cause of Death

stroke

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