"Winnie" Winifred Muriel RAFFAN

Born 1896 in Wallerawang, New South Wales, Australia ^[32]
Daughter of John RAFFAN and Janet Allison TELFER ^[32]
Along with her mother and sister she shifted from New South Wales to Western Australia in 1900 ^[P74]
Resided with her parents in Broad Arrow 1902-1909; in Roberts Street, Kalgoorlie in 1909; and then in Frank Street, Kalgoorlie ^[6]
After the departure for Winchester of her father in 1913 and her mother in 1916 she remained in Frank Street, Kalgoorlie until 1918 ^[6]
Resided with her parents and brothers on her father's Inchgower Farm in Winchester in 1923 ^[19]
School Teacher of the first Winchester State School in 1923, which was run from a house on her father's Inchgower Farm ^{[8: page 33] [73]}
In 1923 she received an annual salary of £222 for her year as sole teacher of the Winchester State School ^[73]
Teacher in Mundaring in 1925 ^[50]
Returned to Winchester in October 1928 following the death of her father ^{[4: 20-Oct-1928]}
Resided with her mother and brothers on Inchgower Farm, Winchester in later 1928 and early 1929 ^{[4: 20-Oct-1928, 26-Jan-1929]}
She and her mother spent a holiday at Dongara Beach in January 1929 ^{[4: 26-Jan-1929]}
In 1932 she was living in Mundaring ^{[4: 27-Feb-1932]}
Departed Colombo, Ceylon on the steamship Mongolia and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 31 March 1933 ^[63]
Arrived by train in Winchester on Saturday 11 May 1935 to spend a holiday with her brothers and sister-in-law ^{[5: 17-May-1935]}
Teacher at Scotch College at 78 Shenton Road in the Perth suburb of Swanbourne in 1936 ^[50]
In May 1937 she spent a holiday with her brother and sister-in-law on Inchgower Farm in Winchester ^{[5: 14-May-1937]}
Resided in retirement in the Perth suburb of Bentley ^{[1] [90]}
Died 4 June 1984 in the Perth suburb of Bentley; ashes interred in the Niche Wall at the Winchester Cemetery in Carnamah ^{[1] [2]}

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