International style house - Emu Plains - Puckey family.
Penrith City Library (NSW)July 2022
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Property listed in 2007 Penrith Heritage Study 10 River Road, Emu Plains, International Style House. Originally owned by Dr Selina Puckey and sold to Margaret Sherwood in 1982. Features further information on: Dr Selina Puckey - Margaret Sherwood - New River Road - Emu Plains - Lifesaving exams - Honors Mathematics - Renwick Hospital for Infants - New Guinea - Blackheath - William Marshall.
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International style house - Emu Plains - Puckey family.
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Date of work:
July 2022
Search dates:
01 Jan 1911 - 31 Dec 1982
Reference number:
Research Room - Local Files - Houses - Emu Plains - 2
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Item from Collection: Vertical Files (Vertical Files)
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Source:
Various documents 1911-1982; valuation, HLRV,newspaper clippings, photograph.
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UnrestrictedHeld in Research Room
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Unrestricted
General notes:
Selina Courtenay Puckey (1899-1990) was a doctor who attended Wollongong High School, receiving honors in Mathematics and studied Medicine at University of Sydney. She worked at Renwick Hospital for Infants, Summer Hill, bought a property at 10 River Road Emu Plains, practised as a doctor in New Guinea for 15 years, returning in 1941 to work for 21 years at Renwick Hospital for Infants. She met her husband William Marshall when she was in New Guinea. Her son, William, was a paediatrician at St Thomas Hospital, London. Selina retired in 1963 and lived in Blackheath. She died on 19 June 1990 at 91 years of age and was cremated.
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Held in Library Research Room
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Record number:
505465
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