Elizabeth Phillips Austin Elizabeth Phillips Austin i(23411594 works by) (a.k.a. Elizabeth Harding)
Born: Established: 14 Aug 1821 Middle Chinnock, Somerset,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 2 Sep 1910 Winchelsea, Winchelsea area, Geelong - Terang - Lake Bolac area, Victoria,
Gender: Female
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'Elizabeth Phillips Austin (1821-1910), philanthropist, was born on 14 August 1821 at Middle Chinnock, Somerset, England, fourth daughter of Robert Harding, yeoman farmer, and his wife Mary, née Phillips. Elizabeth sailed for Port Phillip in the Ward Chapman in 1841 with her brother William. As a squatter, he took up land at Winchelsea, in the Western District of what became Victoria. One of the few women to venture inland in the early 1840s, Elizabeth married a neighbour, also from Somerset, Thomas Austin on 14 August 1845 at St James's Church, Melbourne. Three of her eleven children died young, the other eight married into pastoral or city families.' (ADB) 

See also the full Australian Dictionary of Biography Online entry for Austin, Elizabeth Phillips (1821–1910)

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