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Edith LLoyd Residence
Edith LLoyd Residence

Photographs supplied by Diane Watson

Monument erected by the Wyndham Historical Society honours the pioneering contribution to the Kimberley Region by Edith Lloyd who died in 1991. Miss Lloyd bequeathed her residence in which she lived for over forty years to the Society on her death.

Location

Address:O`Donnell Street, Wyndham, 6740
State:WA
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -15.462942
Long: 128.100744
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Monument
Monument Theme:People
Sub-Theme:Settlement
Approx. Event Start Date:1908
Approx. Event End Date:1991

Dedication

Front Inscription

THE RESIDENCE BEHIND THIS MONUMENT WAS HOME TO EDITH (BLUE) LLOYD FOR OVER FORTY YEARS.

BORN IN FEBRUARY 1908, MISS LLOYD DEPARTED LIVERPOOL ENGLAND IN 1929 FOR AUSTRALIA SAILING VIA WHITE STAR LINER "VEDIO"

TRULY A PIONEER - MISS LLOYD WORKED MOST OF HER KIMBERLEY LIFE COOKING IN OUTBACK CAMPS AND THE OLD WYNDHAM HOSPITAL - ADJACENT

THE WYNDHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY ACKNOWLEDGES THE PIONEERING CONTRIBUTION TO THE KIMBERLEY DISTRICT AND BEQUEATHMENT OF THIS RESIDENCE TO THE SOCIETY ON HER DEATH.

                               " A LADY OF THE LAST FRONTIER
                            
WHOSE ASHES ARE SPREAD WITHIN

                          EDITH (BLUE) CAROLINE LLOYD

                                     1908 - 1991

 

Source: MA
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