Born 1919 [15]
Daughter of "Bert" Albert Henry COUSINS and Elizabeth DODD [P2]
Resided with her parents on Hillview Farm in Arrino [P2]
She was among those who took a joy-ride in a Gipsy Moth plane which visited Arrino on 19 December 1929 [4: 28-Dec-1929]
Attended the Carnamah Church of England's New Year Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 30 December 1933 [5: 5-Jan-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Tennis Club's Flannel Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 3 February 1934 [5: 9-Feb-1934]
Attended the Dance conducted by the Carnamah Toc H at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 24 February 1934 [5: 2-Mar-1934]
Attended the Three Springs C.W.A. Ball at the Three Springs Hall on the evening of Thursday 22 November 1934 [5: 23-Nov-1934]
Won 2nd prize for Plain Sponge made by a girl aged between 14 and 18 at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Member of the Arrino Tennis Club in 1936-37 [5: 4-Dec-1936]
Attended the largely attended Carnamah Tennis Dance at the Carnamah Hall on 17 April 1937 in delphinium marocain [5: 23-Apr-1937]
Partook in the Empire Parade as West India at the Anglican Church's Annual Ball in Three Springs on 17 June 1937 [5: 25-Jun-1937]
She was the Arrino entrant in the North Midlands Popular Girl Competition in aid of the Anglican Church in 1937 [5: 9-Jul-1937]
The Competition concluded with a Grand Ball in Three Springs on Tuesday evening 31 August 1937 [5]
At the conclusion of voting she came 4th in the Competition with 7,372 votes, which raised £30/14/4 for the Anglican Church [5]
At the Grand Ball the Very Rev. Dean MOORE of Saint George's Cathedral in Perth presented her as the Grand Dame of Arrino [5]
Won a case of apples in a raffle held during the Grand Ball[5: 3-Sep-1937]
Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Daphne D. Cousins' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/daphne-d-cousins [reference list] |
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