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Minnie BERRINGTON

Born: 9 October 1897

Died: 13 April 2001

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ABC North and West SA. Corvo, Shannon. “How London typist Minnie Berrington became one of Australia's first female opal miners”. accessed 13 April 2020.

Oz.Typewriter. “From London Typist to Opal Miner in Coober Pedy, Outback Australia: Minnie Berrington and her Sparkling 'Stones of Fire'”. accessed 13 April 2020.

Johno's Opals. “Minnie Berrington -Andamooka's First Postmistress”. accessed 13 April 2020.

Johnston, Anne. (25 September 2003). A ‘real lady’ miner in the 1920s --- Minnie Berrington. Coober Pedy Regional Times/Coober Pedy Historical Society,Inc., 17.
Johnston, Anne. (9 October 2003). A ‘real lady’ miner in the 1920s --- Minnie Berrington. Coober Pedy Regional Times/Coober Pedy Historical Society,Inc., 13.

HerStory

Minnie BERRINGTON

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