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Born Nita Hanrahan, Wellington Mills; family background; father's work as timber cutter, 1902; his marriage to Emma Connolly; childhood activities; scholarship to Perth Modern School; student teaching, 1922; appointment to Subiaco; her headmaster, Mr Llewellyn; teaching singing, folk dancing and eurhythmics; transfer to Bunbury; rates of pay; interest in drama; production of Pearl the Fisher Maiden; ballet; Teachers Certificate by correspondence; return to Subiaco; involvement in music; marriage, 1929; move to Goomalling, 1929; hardship during Depression; prices for wheat, sheep; commencement of repertory; return to Perth, 1934; birth of two children; outbreak of World War II; move to Darlington; involvement theatre; theatrical success; sponsorship of Elizabethan Theatre Trust; successful tours; formation of the Company of Four.
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