Frances Larder





NAME
Brey (Bendeler), Frances
BIRTHDATE
11-5-1937
PLACE OF BIRTH
Indonesia, Java, Bandoeng
NATIONALITY
Dutch
  • Brey, Jan de – 6-12-1909 – stepfather
  • Weyne-(Bendeler) Brey, Wilhelmina Marianne Henriette de – 30-8-1914 – mother
  • Benderler, Frank Archibald – 24-5-1939 – brother – migrant card thumbnail
  • Brey (Bendeler), Willem Antoine de – 6-4-1940 – brother
  • Brey (Bendeler), Paul de – 13-10-1942 – brother – migrant card thumbnail
  • Brey, Chris de – 30-1-1949 – halfbrother

11-5-1937

Birthday

21-8-1952

Migration AU

The family travelled by SS Tjibadak read more external link

21-8-1952

Scheme

ex-servicemen

The family had an assisted passage under the ex-servicemen scheme more info more info

21-8-1952

Housing

The family was first accommodated at Bonegilla more info

1-10-1952

Employment

Frances’ stepfather Jan de Brey had difficulties finding a job read more external link

14-9-1955

Migration

In 1955 Frances and her family had moved at least eigth times more info

17-1-1958

Employment

Frances had several jobs before she joined the Navy more info

“I had to travel to Brisbane to join. There were 20 other applicants there. To my surprise, I made the local newspaper, the article read “Dutch girl travels thousands of miles to join the Australian Navy.”

8-11-1958

Marriage

Frances married Lance Larder, also a Navy officer more info

2-11-1959

Migration AU

In 1959 Frances brother Frank Archibald migrated to Australia with Dutch consular support more info

8-11-1959

Migration AU

Frank arrived by KLM airplane more info

12-3-1970

Support

In 1970 Frances brother Willem Antoine renewed his passport at the consulate to travel to the Netherlands for holidays more info

1970

Employment

In the 1970s Frances completed an interior decorating course. Later, in Darwin she started to study fine arts

2002

Employment

The Odyssey Quilt exhibition was launced in 2002. It toured for several years read more external link

12-2018

Education

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“I studied another four years at TAFE for a Diploma in fine arts and obtained a Master of Philosophy at Curtin University in WA.”

1-4-2019

Education

Dr. Ron Witton wrote a review of Frances Larder’s master study’s exhibition Landscape of the Soul. read more external link