Dame Mabel Brookes, DBE (15 June 1890 – 30 April 1975) was an Australian community worker, activist, socialite, writer, historian, memoirist and humanitarian...
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Mabel Brookes (1890–1975), Betsy Balcombe's grandniece, bought The Briars and gave it to the French nation. M. Brookes, St. Helena story / Dame Mabel...
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Joshua Brookes (1761–1833), English anatomist and zoologist Mabel Brookes (1890–1975), Australian community worker, socialite and writer Norman Brookes (1877–1968)...
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Longwood was being prepared, was given to the French government by Dame Mabel Brookes. As a result of the depredations of termites, in the 1940s the French...
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Mabel Pines is a fictional character and one of the two lead characters of the Disney Channel/Disney XD animated series Gravity Falls. The character is...
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growing mulberry trees. In 1959 the Pavilion was purchased by Dame Mabel Brookes, a great granddaughter of William Balcombe, and donated to the French...
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in Walsh Street, and Raveloe, in Domain Road, former home of Dame Mabel Brookes. Domain Road, with its proximity to the Kings Domain, the Royal Botanic...
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was named after the lodging of the same name in Saint Helena. Dame Mabel Brookes collected Napoleonic memorabilia which was also donated to the Mornington...
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the United Australia Party. He cultivated a friendship with Mabel Brookes, and through Brookes became acquainted with senior members of the influential Australian...
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Brookes was part of the Australasian Davis Cup team that won the title on six occasions. The Australian Open men's singles trophy, the Norman Brookes...
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