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Freda A CAMERON (1908 - 2001)
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Freda A CAMERON (1908 - 2001)

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Oswald Henry DIXON ( - 1982)
 Evan CAMERON (1868 - ) Ewan CAMERON (1840 - 1896) Donald CAMERON (1803 - 1853)
Ann MCPHIE (1805 - 1883)
Ann Annie SMITH (1846 - 1917) Edward SMITH (1822 - 1888)
Mary KILBY (1818 - 1907)
Edith Lavinia KILBY (1875 - 1951) Robert KILBY (1839 - 1915) William KILBY (1811 - 1903)
Sarah Mary SMITH ( - 1854)
Jane WEBSTER (1839 - 1913) Arthur WEBSTER
Christina KINLOCK
b. 01 Jan 1908 at Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia
m. 1936 Oswald Henry DIXON ( - 1982)
d. 10 Dec 2001 at Yass, New South Wales, Australia aged 93
Near Relatives of Freda A CAMERON (1908 - 2001)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather Ewan CAMERON 1840 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1896 Murrumburrah, New South Wales, Australia 56
Grandmother Ann Annie SMITH 1846 Ramsay, Huntingdonshire, England 05 Jan 1917 Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia 71
Grandfather Robert KILBY 1839 Huntingdonshire, England 19 Nov 1915 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 76
Grandmother Jane WEBSTER abt 1839 16 Dec 1913 Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia 74

Father Evan CAMERON 1868 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Mother Edith Lavinia KILBY 1875 Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia 08 May 1951 Ainsley, ACT, Australia 76

Self Freda A CAMERON 01 Jan 1908 Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia 10 Dec 2001 Yass, New South Wales, Australia 93

Husband Oswald Henry DIXON 1982

Sister Thelma J CAMERON 1908 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Sister Heather G CAMERON 1909 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Brother Selwyn E CAMERON 1911 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Brother Ewan K CAMERON 1916 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

Aunt Mary CAMERON 1867 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Aunt Catherine Alice CAMERON 1870 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Uncle Ernest CAMERON 1872 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1958 Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia 86
Uncle John Stuart CAMERON 1873 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Aunt Annie Mabel CAMERON 1875 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1917 Bowral, New South Wales, Australia 42
Uncle Cecil Herbert CAMERON 1877 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Uncle Bertie Allan CAMERON 1881 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1955 Burwood, New South Wales, Australia 74
Uncle Hubert Clement CAMERON 1883 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1968 Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia 85
Aunt Christina Jane KILBY 1865 Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia 20 May 1951 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 86
Uncle Richard VEST 1855 Abergaverny, Monmouthshire, Wales 21 Nov 1922 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 67
Uncle Sidney William KILBY 1867 Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia
Uncle James Kinlock KILBY 1870 Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia 21 Jul 1950 Hall, New South Wales, Australia 80
Aunt Beatrice SOUTHWELL 26 Aug 1868 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 30 Sep 1947 Hall, New South Wales, Australia 79
Aunt Ann WEBSTER 1856

Cousin William Henry VEST 1888 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 14 Jun 1952 Canberra, ACT, Australia 64
Cousin Arthur Roy VEST 1891 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1959 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 68
Cousin Elsie Jane VEST 1892 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 20 Jul 1964 Canberra, ACT, Australia 72
Cousin Walter John VEST 1894 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1894 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 0
Cousin James Rex VEST 1896 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1906 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 10
Cousin Darcy Robert VEST 1898 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 13 Aug 1972 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 74
Cousin Owen Douglas VEST abt 1901 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Keith Kinlock KILBY 31 Jan 1898 Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia 28 Mar 1976 Canberra, ACT, Australia 78
Cousin Athol Carlyle KILBY 28 May 1899 Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia 02 Sep 1962 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 63
Cousin Clyde Redvers KILBY 1901 Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Selby William KILBY 1903 Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Beryl Beatrix Mary KILBY 1904 Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Bruce Beltran KILBY 1907 Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Grace Allison Jane KILBY 1909 Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Cleon Kennison Robert KILBY 1912 Hall, New South Wales, Australia

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Events in Freda A CAMERON (1908 - 2001)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
01 Jan 1908 Freda A CAMERON was born Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia twin 80
1936 28 Married Oswald Henry DIXON 80
08 May 1951 43 Death of mother Edith Lavinia KILBY (aged 76) Ainsley, ACT, Australia 80
1982 74 Death of husband Oswald Henry DIXON 80
10 Dec 2001 93 Freda A CAMERON died Yass, New South Wales, Australia 80
Source References:
80. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Hall Museum, Title: Hall School Museum and Heritage Centre, Locn: https://museum.hall.act.au/
- Reference = https://museum.hall.act.au/display/1939/person/3751/freda-annie-dixon.html (Marriage)
- Reference = https://museum.hall.act.au/display/1939/person/3751/freda-annie-dixon.html (Name, Notes)
- Notes: Freda Annie Dixon
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Born: 1908; Died: 2001; Married: nee Cameron

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Lands End
[based on edited extracts from ACT Heritage Council. Background Information, Old Lands End...

Freda Dixon, who has died in Yass aged 93, was a foundation stalwart of the Country Women's Association in the Canberra area, a well-known farmer, noted gardener and one of the last surviving members of pioneering Weetangera family – the Camerons.
With Freda Dixon's death, her younger sister Heather Shakespeare, herself in her nineties, is the only survivor of the five children born to Evan and Edith Cameron (nee Kilby) who had settled at Weetangera in the 1860s. Freda, with her twin sister Thelma, was born on New Year's Day 1908, at 'Land's End', the slab home built by Edith Cameron's parents, Robert and Jane Kilby. The home was named 'Land's End' because that was as far as settlement had then reached.

At the age of six the twins used to walk two miles to the little school at Weetangera and to assure their safe arrival grandfather Kilby whitewashed the trees to guide them along the way. Apart from the farm, life for the growing Cameron children revolved around St Ninian's church at present-day Lyneham. When the little church closed for a few years, the family used to travel by sulky to the Methodist Church at Wattle Park, near Hall.

In 1926 the Cameron family built a new home a mile closer to Canberra, which was beginning to be developed at that time. The new 'Land's End' still stands today. Freda met her future husband, Oswald Henry Dixon, who predeceased her in 1982, when he drew a nearby soldier settlers' block and batched in the old slab hut before his marriage in 1936.
The Dixons built a new home on their block from material salvaged from the demolition of old Duntroon. That home, named 'Kama', is now the site of Hawker College. For some years during World War II, when Oswald Dixon was serving in the Army, Freda ran the property on her own and successfully brought it through a drought, often having to drive stock daily to the Molonglo River to water. At times this involved putting her small daughter, Nanette, on the front of the saddle or taking her in a springless cart.

The Dixons made a success of farming, but as Canberra developed and land resumptions became imminent, they decided to sell and retire to town in 1963. They settled in Rosenthal Street, Campbell, where Freda's passionate love of flowers led to the development of a beautiful garden.

She first became involved with the CWA in 1926, as secretary of the small branch that had been started in Weetangera. Then she was a foundation member of the Canberra branch when it was formed in 1946. At one time she was a member of the Hall Cricket Club and also served on the board. With her twin, Thelma, she also played tennis and golf. Freda showed an early talent for drawing and watercolour and went to art classes in Sydney for a time. In Canberra, she joined the Garden Club and the Floral Art Club, enjoying new friendships and outings. While living at Campbell, she also indulged her penchant for travel, making a trip to America and another to Europe and America with her sister Heather. Later, after the death of her husband, she fulfilled a childhood dream by visiting South Africa.

However, her lifelong interest remained the land and farming. She renewed her links with the land when in recent years she moved to 'Cowridge', Yass, the property of her daughter, Nanette, and her husband, John Betts. Later, she moved to Gwen Warmington Lodge, in Yass, where she died on December 10. Her daughter, Nanette and her family, a stepdaughter, Patricia, and sister, Heather, survive her.

References
John Farquharson, 'Dixon, Freda Annie (1908–2001)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/dixon-freda-annie-313/text314, accessed 8 October 2019.
- Reference = https://museum.hall.act.au/display/1939/person/3751/freda-annie-dixon.html (Birth)
- Reference = https://museum.hall.act.au/display/1939/person/3751/freda-annie-dixon.html (Death)
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