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Latitude
51.507222
Longitude
-0.1275
Start Date
1865-01-01
End Date
1865-01-01

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ID
tba571

Extended Data

DAAO URL
https://www.daao.org.au/bio/jenette-alice-ridley
Birth Place
London, UK
Biography
Painter who was born London around 1865, daughter of Ishmael Rogers, an accountant and stockbroker. She left London with her family in 1886 arriving in Fremantle, Western Australia in 1887 where because their belongings had been lost on a cargo vessel her mother established a private school. Ridley had trained at the London School of Art and was able to help her mother in the school. She was sister of Cecilia Gibbs and an aunt of May Gibbs. Ridley was a member of the Wilgie Sketching Club and exhibited a painting of irises in their only exhibition in 1890. In 1892 she married Bernard Walford Ridley, a licensed surveyor who worked in the Great Southern Railway and with the Public Works Department in the south of the state. Their residence was in Stirling Street, Perth. Her daughter was Majorie Ridley and her son was Geoffrey Ridley. This entry is a stub. You can help the DAAO by submitting a biography. Writers: Dr Dorothy Erickson Date written: 2010 Last updated: 2011
Born
b. c.1865
Summary
Painter who was born London around 1865. Ridley was a member of the Wilgie Sketching Club and exhibited a painting in their only exhibition in 1890.
Gender
Female
Died
1939
Age at death
74