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Olive Teresa Willey Olive Teresa Willey i(A16285 works by) (birth name: Olive Teresa Bedwell) (a.k.a. Olive Willey)
Born: Established: 1901 Leederville, Inner Perth, Perth, Western Australia, ;
Gender: Female
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Olive Teresa Willey (nee Bedwell) was the second child of seven children. Her father served in the Boer War (1899-1902) and after that worked on farms around Tammin in Western Australia. In 1904 the family moved to the town of Narrogin and established a farm. Olive Willey's husband owned a farm at Karlgarin. This helps in reading Willey's poetry because it shows that there are two farms that the poems can be invoking: her husband's at Karlgarin ('Journey's End') and her father's at Narrogin (Glendale').

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