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Foster, Ethel

Josephine Ethel Foster, better known as Ethel Foster or Mrs AG Foster, was a historian and photographer, who was one of the first members of the Royal Australian Historical Society. She and her husband, fellow historian Arthur George Foster, documented the Devonshire Street Cemetery in the early 1900s before its removal for the construction of the Central Railway station.

Milestone
Born
Paddington
19 Jan 1870
Buried
Oct 1955
Died
Epping
20 Oct 1955
Name
Birth
Roberts, Josephine Ethel
Occupation
Position
1901 - 1955
Relationship
Spouse
04 Mar 1896 - 26 Oct 1924