Born 1873 in Pleasant Creek, Victoria, Australia [54]
Daughter of Michael DUFFY and Mary KENNY [15] [54]
She had shifted from Victoria to Western Australia by 1903 [50]
Dining-house Keeper in 1903 and Housekeeper in 1906 while living at 444 Dwyer Street in Boulder [50]
Manageress of the Duke of York Restaurant in Perth in 1910 [50]
In 1912 she was living in Walkaway, likely with her brother Ted and his wife who were running the Walkaway Hotel [50]
She was living at Kulyaling near Pingelly in 1913, where her brother Ted was also a hotel-keeper [50]
Her three-room wood and iron house in Meekatharra was destroyed by fire on Sunday 27 September 1915 [86: 2-Oct-1915]
In 1916 and 1917 she was working as a Laundress and living at 82 George Street in West Perth [50]
She was working as a Laundress and living on Fitzgerald Street in Geraldton in 1922 [50]
Resided in Three Springs 1925-1929 [19]
She likely lived in Three Springs with the family of her brother Ted, who was a Hairdresser and Greengrocer in Three Springs [6] [44]
Sent a wreath with her brother Ted, sister-in-law and nephew for the grave of Sybil C. BYRNE in Three Springs in 1926 [4: 1-Jan-1927]
Attended the reception for the wedding of Clare BERRIGAN and Alex BROWN in Carnamah on 28 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Resided in Nungarin in 1931 and at 222 Egan Street in Kalgoorlie in 1936 and 1939 [50]
She was a chief mourner with her sister-in-law and nephew at the funeral of her brother Ted in Three Springs in 1935 [4: 8-Jun-1935]
Boardinghouse Keeper at Main Camp in Lakewood (in the goldfields south of Kalgoorlie and Boulder) in 1943 [50]
Later resided at 29 Cheetham Street in Kalgoorlie [334: 13-Jun-1945]
Died 12 June 1945 in Kalgoorlie; buried in the Roman Catholic portion of the Kalgoorlie Cemetery [15] [334: 13 & 16-Jun-1945]
Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Alice Duffy' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 March 2025 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/alice-duffy [reference list] |
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