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Nina Eva Vida Jones
Nina Eva Vida Jones born Nina Eva Vida Harris competed as Mrs JES Jones (1882 – 1966) was an Australian racing motorist who competed in the 1930s. She was said to be the first woman from New South Wales to compete at motor racing. Her husband John Alexander Stammers Jones was a brewer. Life Jones was born in 1882. Her parents were Susan Mary (born Clarke) and her husband William Henry Harris. Her father was a gentleman as his family had benefited from a bequest left by Second Fleet (Australia), second fleeter John Harris. That John Harris left about £150,000 as he had gained a huge estate based at Ultimo, New South Wales. Jones was born at Ultimo and she was home schooled. In 1910 she married John Alexander Stammers Jones who was a keen sportsman and he owned the Zig Zag Brewery, ten hotels and, in time, two Darracq Motor Engineering Company, Darracq cars. Their home at Lithgow which was near the brewery until they had a house built at Darling Point which they named Nia Heym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ultimo, New South Wales
Ultimo is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Ultimo is adjacent to the Sydney central business district in the Local government in Australia, local government area of the City of Sydney west of the Darling Harbour area, and is bordered by Pyrmont to the North, the Sydney CBD and Chinatown/Haymarket to the East, Broadway and Chippendale to the South, and Glebe and Wentworth Park to the West. Broadway, New South Wales, Broadway is a locality around the road of the same name, which is located on the borders of Ultimo, Chippendale, New South Wales, Chippendale and Glebe, New South Wales, Glebe. History "Ultimo" was originally the name of the estate of John Harris, (Australian settler), Dr John Harris, on granted to him by Philip Gidley King, Governor King in 1803, for his military service and for aiding the governor in curtailing the illegal trading of rum by a corrupt group in the NSW Corps (the Rum Corps). It was named for a clerical error in a legal cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
