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Martha Ellen HILLIARD

Also known as: née Batley

Born: 13 November 1864

Died: 15 September 1944

Resources

  • References

    Hill, Ernestine. (1940). The Great Australian Loneliness: A Classic Journey Around and Across Australia. Chapter IV: Black Ivory. North Ryde, N.S.W.: Harper Collins Publisher. Pages 37-43.

    Popham, Daphne. (1978). Reflections: Profiles of 150 women who helped make Western Australia's history. Perth: Carroll's. (The relevant page was provided by John Hilliard.)

    FamilySearch. "Martha Ellen Batley". accessed 4 April 2021.

  • References

    “Her life is partly documented in Ernestine Hill’s book “The Great Australian Loneliness” in chapter 4 titled “Black Ivory”. [sic] and again in the book “Reflections” profiles of 150 women who helped make Western Australia’s history, first published in 1978.

    details :- Women Western Australia - biography 301,412,0994,1 ISBN0909994846 and IS BN [sic] 0909994838.

    The Hilliard family are also mentioned in Mary Albertus Bain’s excellent history of the pearling industry titled “Full Fatham Five” published in 1982. ISB [sic] 086445021 4.”

    Provided by Pat Jordan. Martha Ellen Hilliard was her maternal grandmother.

  • Image - WOMAN'S REALM. A LINK WITH THE PAST.

    Trove: West Australian (Perth, WA: 1879 - 1954), Wednesday 20 September 1944, page 2