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Biographical Dictionary - Coorow, Carnamah, Three Springs


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Miss Elsie Irene SIMS

Born 1907 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of John George SIMS and Annie PETERS [15]
She appears to have resided in Coorow in 1935 and 1936 [5]
Attended the Masquerade Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday evening 7 December 1935 as a "Holy Friar" [5: 13-Dec-1935]
Member of the Coorow Tennis Club in 1935-36 [5: 24-Jan-1936, 6-Mar-1936]
Attended Miss Olive W. KAU's 21st birthday at Meadow Dale Farm in Coorow on Saturday evening 18 January 1936 [5: 24-Jan-1936]
Attended the Leap Year Ball at the Carnamah Hall on 29 February 1936, wearing pale pink satin with flowers at neckline [5: 6-Mar-1936]
After a brief visit to Perth to be bridesmaid at her sister's wedding, she returned to Coorow in mid June 1936 [4: 13-Jun-1936]
Supplier of music at the Dance in aid of the Anglican Church held in Waddy Forest on Saturday 20 June 1936 [5: 26-Jun-1936]
Relieving musician at the Coorow Tennis Club's Dance in Coorow on Saturday 4 July 1936 [4: 11-Jul-1936]
Attended the Anglican Church's Mid-Winter Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 11 July 1936 dressed in pink taffeta [5: 17-Jul-1936]
Supplied the musical extras at the Carnamah Football Club's Dance at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 8 August 1936 [5: 14-Aug-1936]
Attended the Coorow Tennis Club's Back to Childhood Ball at the Coorow Hall on Saturday 22 August 1936 [5: 28-Aug-1936]
With Ivy L. BINGHAM she received the prize for the Best Dressed Couple at the Back to Childhood Ball [5: 28-Aug-1936]
Attended the Ball after the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in Coorow on 3 September 1936 dressed in green taffeta [5: 11-Sep-1936]


Reference:  Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Elsie Irene Sims' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 6 June 2026 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/elsie-sims [reference list]




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