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Winifred Alice (Freda) Freeman (1905–2000)

Freda Oxnam, later Freeman, 1921

Freda Oxnam, later Freeman, 1921

Courtesy Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Archives

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Freda Oxnam, later Freeman, 1921

Freda Oxnam, later Freeman, 1921

Courtesy Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Archives

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22 April, 1905
Bendigo, Victoria, Australia

Death

19 May, 2000 (aged 95)
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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