Florence LEE / NEWMAN

Born 1876 in Victoria, Australia ^[54]
Daughter of Joseph LEE and Elizabeth WEBBER ^[54]
Married Gerard Augustus NEWMAN in 1896 in Victoria, Australia ^[54]
Resided in Carnamah, Western Australia from 1911 until 1917, all or some which was spent on Dalveen Farm ^{[6] [19] [50] [30: item 6044999]}
     Their Dalveen Farm adjoined Prowaka Siding on the Midland Railway, between Carnamah and Three Springs ^{[81: 9-Feb-1930]}
     As early as 1913 she was the owner of 1,476 acres of farmland with six Conditional Purchase leases in Carnamah ^[44]
     Her farmland was all situated on the west side of the railway line near Prowaka Siding and adjoined her husband's land ^[62]
     Her 1,476 acres of Conditional Purchase leases later became Victoria Locations 3331, 3333, 3334, 3335, 3336 and 3337 ^[44]
     Both her land and her husband's had previously belonged to Isabella C. BRAIDWOOD and Isabella's son James R. BRAIDWOOD ^[44]
Helped cater for the supper at the evening dance of the Carnamah Races held on Easter Monday 9 April 1917 ^{[9: 27-Apr-1917]}
She was living at Barratta in Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia in December 1918 and January 1919 ^{[30: item 6044999]}
Her and her late husband's collective farmland, Dalveen Farm in Carnamah, was put up for sale in early 1930 ^{[81: 9-Feb-1930]}
     At the time about 2,000 acres of the property was cleared and was subdivided into nine paddocks with five-wire fences ^[81]
     It was watered by four dams, one with a windmill, and also contained a six-room house and shearing shed ^[81]
     The property presumably failed to sell as they retained ownership for almost another ten years ^[3]
In 1936 she was living in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ^{[5: 4-Dec-1936]}
She spent a holiday with Miss Elizabeth MACPHERSON at Carnamah House in Carnamah during December 1936 ^{[5: 4-Dec-1936]}
During the 1939-1940 financial year she sold her 1,476 acres of farmland in Carnamah to E. Henry H. HALL of Geraldton ^[3]
Her late husband's adjoining 2,251 acres was also sold to Henry HALL during the 1939-40 financial year ^[3]
Resided of late in North Perth ^[2]
Mother of William LEE, who was later known as William McLaren NEWMAN ^{[30: item 6044999] [54]}
Died 2 July 1963; buried at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (Anglican, ZR, 324B) ^[2]

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