Enid Joan Lander, née Mortimer (1904-1992), president of Country Women’s Association of New South Wales
Birth: 24 October 1904 at Stanley, Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire, only child of Walter Ernest Mortimer (1879-1956), yeoman farmer, later grazier, and Tasmanian-born Lylyas Laura, née Lewis (1877-1954), and great-grand-daughter of David Lewis (1821-1886), sometime mayor of Hobart and colonial treasurer of Tasmania. Marriage: 8 February 1927 at St Matthew’s Anglican church, Manley, NSW, to widower John August Lander (1887-1953), a grazier with one son and one daughter. The couple had three daughters and three sons. Death: 17 March 1992 in a nursing home, Narrandera, New South Wales. Religion: Anglican.
Sources
Helen Townsend, Serving the country: the history of the Country Women’s Association of New South Wales (Sydney, 1988).
Chris Cunneen, 'Lander, Enid Joan (1904–1992)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/lander-enid-joan-32515/text40356, accessed 2 May 2025.
24 October,
1904
Stoke Gifford,
Gloucestershire,
England
17 March,
1992
(aged 87)
Narrandera,
New South Wales,
Australia
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