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Jane Winifred Steger
Jane Winifred Steger (15 November 1882 – 16 March 1981), a.k.a. Winifred the Washerwoman, Bebe Zatoon was an Australian author and pioneer of South Australia who spent much of her life involved with the Afghan cameleers in Australia through her relationships with Ali Ackba Nuby and Karum Bux. Biography Steger was born on 15 November 1882 in Lambeth, London, the daughter of house-painter Wilfred Isaac Oaten and Lousia Dennis. In 1891 father and daughter migrated to Australia and it is said that her mother, Louisa, walked off the ship before it sailed and never saw her daughter again. Father and daughter settled in the Darling Downs in Queensland where they took up unprofitable land, that was infested with Prickly pears, and they experienced severe hardship. Due to their poverty Steger started working at a young age as a nursemaid and, later, as a 'skivvy' (maid). After falling pregnant to Charles Steger, an itinerant shearer, at 16 the couple married on 7 December 1899 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winifred The "Washer Woman"
Winifred is a feminine given name, an anglicization of Welsh language, Welsh ''Gwenffrewi'', from ''gwen'', "fair", and ''ffrew'', "stillness". It may refer to: People * Saint Winifred * Winifred Atwell (1914–1983), a pianist who enjoyed great popularity in Britain in the 1950s with a series of boogie woogie and ragtime hits * Winifred Mitchell Baker (born 1957), better known simply as Mitchell Baker, the "Chief Lizard Wrangler" and the President of the Mozilla Corporation * Winifred, Countess of Dundonald, wife of Douglas Cochrane, 12th Earl of Dundonald * Winifred Brunton (1880-1959), a painter from South Africa most famous for her haunting portraits of Egyptian pharaohs * Winifred Cavendish-Bentinck, Duchess of Portland (née ''Dallas-Yorke;'' 1863–1954), wife of William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland * Winifred Copperwheat (19051976), English violist *Winifred Starr Dobyns (18861963), American suffragist and landscape designer * Dr. Winifred Margaret 'Winnie' Ewin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |