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- Dorothy Maude McGinness (nee Baxter)
Dorothy Maude was the first child and the only daughter of Charles Farquharson Baxter and Jessie. Minnie (nee Millsom), and was born at Korumburra VIC on 29 September 1901.
At the time of her birth her father owned a Cycle Agency situated at 30 Piesse Street Boulder WA. Charles and Jessie resided in Victoria and while he was in the process of purchasing this cycle business Jessie fell pregnant. It was decided that Jessie would stay with her parents in Victoria, until after the birth, while Charles went ahead to WA to take over the bicycle store and get it running. Once she and the baby were fit enough they would travel to WA. In 1902 Jessie and Dorothy joined Charles in Boulder and they resided at Vivian Street. Prior to Jessie's arrival, Charles' eider brother, Duncan (ka Don) arrived to assist him with the running of the business. Also their younger sister, Irene (ka Rene) also paid them a visit for a short time.
In 1904 Charles sold the Cycle Agency and purchased, a 2023 ha, homestead property, called 'Whitehaven,' The property (still called 'Whitehaven') is located 28 kms south east of Cunderdin and about 16 kms from Quairading. Her three younger brothers, Robert Barnes, Jessie Norman Eric and George Whitehaven, were all born in Perth but taken back to the farm soon after their births.
Following his election to the Legislative Council of the WA Parliament in 1914, Charles moved the family to Perth and they took up temporary residence in St Alban's Av, Highgate, before moving to 23 Vale Rd, Mt Lawley in 1915. His eider brother, Robert Leys, (Bob) or (Old R.L as he was later referred to) took over management of 'Whitehaven.' They traveled from Quairading to Perth in a Studebaker sedan, which was loaded with not only the family of seven and their luggage, but also two pet kangaroos and two caged cockatoos. It took all day to drive the 170 kms, over the gravel roads, and after numerous fiat Ores they finally arrived in Perth around midnight.
In the early 1920s Dorothy learned to fly and was on of the first few women in WA to gain her pilots license. She was also one of the very few women to fly in and Auto gyro,' the forerunner of the helicopter.
In September 1924 Dorothy married Paul Joseph 'Ginty' McGinness and their first child, Dorothy Veronica, was born in 1925. After he built a home on the property she and 'Little' Dorothy (as she was called) joined him. Their second daughter, Pauline was born in Perth 1928.
In the 1940's she and Paul divorced, and she later worked in the office of the Commonwealth Oil Refinery (COR) in Perth. In 1952 and she took over as licensee of the Freemasons Hotel in Beverley with and her brother, Norman and their mother, as partners.
On leaving the hotel on the expiration of the lease she returned to Perth and took up employment with the Department of Repatriation where she remained until her retirement.
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1901 - 1989 (87 years)
