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Mary Pownall (?–?)

Born, Burra, South Australia.

Daughter of the late William Edgerton-Warburton, Esq., Bank Manager, of South Australia.

Wife of Herbert Wilfred Pownall, Esq., Manager of the Australian Mutual Provident Society, Melbourne, Victoria; son of the late George Pownall, Esq., of Bathurst, New South Wales.

Family, one son, two daughters: Robert Alfred, educated at Melbourne Church of England Grammar School; Elizabeth Ellen, M. Sc., Frances Mary, both educated at “Lauriston,” Melbourne.

COMMITTEES. Member of Committee of Church of England Babies’ Home, Brighton.

HOBBIES. Gardening, Tennis.

CLUB. Australian Women’s National Club.

ADDRESS. 347 Glenferrie Road, Malvern, Melbourne, Victoria.

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'Pownall, Mary (?–?)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/pownall-mary-18962/text30574, accessed 1 June 2025.

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Mary Pownall

Mary Pownall

Brisbane Courier, 7 February 1933, p 16

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Alternative Names
  • Edgerton-Warburton, Mary
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