Mum's Family Photos

Image Ethel's father, Edward Henry is the man on the far left.
Mum's father Edward henry Warland worked in Africa when she was a young child. This photo was taken while he was working there. He was born in Rocky River, near Uralla in the Northern Tablelands of NSW on 19th November 1858. His parents were Margaret Steele and Edward Warland.
Hannah Dwyer, mum's mother.
Hannah Dwyer was born in Bundarra in the Northen Tablelands of NSW in 1866 (or thereabouts)and was the daughter of Mary Anne O'Meara and Patrick Dwyer both from Ireland. They had married in Dapto on 9th July 1860 and travelled by bullock wagon to Bundarra.
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Image Ethel and brother Arthur
Here is Ethel with younger brother. Arthur. She is probably about 8 years old here and the family was living in Torrington at the time.
Ethel in the bush near Webb's mine at Torrington
This photo of Ethel was taken by a family friend. She looks about 10 years old. Ethel loved the bush and often wandered off to pick flowers as a child. On one occasion she was lost and a search party of men on horseback was sent out to find her which they did - asleep with a bunch of wildflowers in her hand.
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Image Ethel and friends in the Torrington bush
This photo of Ethel and 2 friends was taken at the same time and place as the previous one.
Here you'll see photos from the life of my mum, Ethel Burke nee Warland, born at Torrington, NSW on 24th December 1907. Her parents were Hannah Dwyer and Edward Warland. Mum is now 97 and lives at Cessnock House in Cessnock NSW. She married James Burke on 18th June 1938 and they had 3 children - Edmund, Denis and Maureen. I'm Maureen, the youngest and only girl.



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