Vera Pearl LONG

Born 16 December 1918 in Subiaco, Western Australia ^{[39: 20-Dec-1918]}
Daughter of Ernest Alfred LONG and Irene Ellen DEE ^[P17]
Both her parents were grandchildren of William LONG and Sarah GREEN who settled in Coorow in 1862 ^[P17]
Resided with her parents in Coorow - initially on Jun Jun Farm and later on Lonsdale Farm ^[P272]
Received primary education at home by correspondence and then helped her parents run Jun Jun and Lonsdale Farms ^[P272]
She and her sister Doris later managed the livestock on Jun Jun and Lonsdale Farms and oversaw share-cropping ^[P17]
Committee Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest District Agricultural Society in 1951 ^{[4: 7-Apr-1951]}
In 1973 she was running sheep on the farm, cropping oats and overseeing the sharecropping of wheat ^{[79: 23-Aug-1973]}
Later resided at Lot 31 Station Street in the Coorow townsite ^[19]
Attended the official opening of the restored Macpherson Homestead in Carnamah on Saturday 23 October 2004 ^[270]
Died 18 September 2005 at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs^[45]
Following a service at All Saints Church in Coorow she was buried at the Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah on 21 September 2005 ^[45]


From The West Australian newspaper, Friday 20 December 1918:
Births
"LONG - on December 16, 1918, at the King Edward Maternity Home, Subiaco, to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Long, Jun Jun Springs, Coorow - a daughter. Both well."

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