State Library of South Australia

Afternoon Tea Party [B 50505] • Photograph

Info

Share
- facebook
- twitter
- pinterest
- google+
- email
Buy
Download
Permanent link
Print

Prev Next

Summary

An afternoon tea party at Oodnadatta: l-r: ? Mrs.F.Jones; N.Brown, A.Giles; E.Roper; D.Simpson, D.Brown, V.Marousen, M.Roper, Toby Jones. According to the researcher M. Miller, this photo was taken at a fundraising event organised by the little girls in the photo. The event was on 26 October 1914, and it raised money for the "Patriotic Fund", that is, to support the war effort. The event was reported in the Adelaide Advertiser on 4 November 1914, at page 12, in a column summarising social events in "The Country". The item in the Advertiser read as follows: "OODNADATTA, October 26.-On Saturday evening a concert, arranged by nine little girls of Oodnadatta, was held. Through the efforts of these little girls, the eldest of whom is only 14, the substantial sum of £18 7/6 was added to the patriotic fund. The whole performance, including two one-act plays, "Afternoon Tea" and "The Little Angels" was well presented, and encores were numerous. The performers were:- Misses Winnie Lyle, Rita Rook, Vera Marousen, Andrew Giles, Grace Ellis, Dorothy Simpson, Rosie Ah Chee, and Doreen Brown. The efforts of the little folk were so much appreciated that a social was tendered to them on Monday evening.

Restrictions

This image has no known copyright restrictions.

Please refer to the State Library's Conditions of use.

Learn more about copyright and our collection.

Physical description

Photograph (b&w print); 10.5 cm x 15 cm

Dates / Publication details

1914

Collection

Part of Oodnadatta Collection

Catalogue record

Return to catalogue

General notes

Additional information supplied by M. Miller: The young woman third from right is 'Vera Marousen'. Vera lived most of her adult life in Victoria and passed away in the 1980s. Her mother's maiden name was Jean O'Toole, whose parents Joseph and Honorah O'Toole lived in Saint Peters, Adelaide. One of her uncles, Edward O'Toole, enlisted in the 1st AIF (50th Battalion) from Oodnadatta in July 1916 and was killed in France in March 1917. Her other uncle, Joseph O'Toole, was born in Adelaide in 1877. Vera told me a number of stories of her childhood in Oodnadatta, including her friendship with the local Aboriginal people. I understand Vera's father had a mail contract to take mail from Adelaide to Alice Springs. Vera told me that the original spelling of his name was 'Marouzen' (ie with a 'Z') but that the Post Office spelled his name with an 'S' in the mail contract and that he subsequently adopted that spelling.

Digitisation information

Date

23/09/2020

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

7,330 x 5,029 pixels (36.9 MP)

Size

73.75 MB

Ask Us

If you would like further information about this image, please Ask Us