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    1. Re: [GEELONG] AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Digest, Vol 4, Issue 129
    2. Craig Cook
    3. Hello Angela and Pam. I was very interested in the enquiry re the Geelong Aria/Sun Aria. My late mother was Ailsa MacKenzie and she competed for the Sun Aria in both 1932 and 1933 and won ithe competition in 1933 which was held in Geelong. I believe the organisers of the Sun Aria were also seeking names from the early days of that competition as their records were not complete either. I do have some press clippings from her scrap book that I could look up that may assist you if you wish. My mother said that there were heats ?in both Ballarat and Geelong back then. Ailsa was born in Newtown, Geelong [1914] and her family was very large with her father born in Darlington of a very large family also. The MacKenzies have connections to families from Cressy, Barrabool Hills and Melbourne. A further point of interest is that she was a cousin of famous singer John Brownlee who I believe also came from Geelong. If I can be of further assistance please feel free to contact me. Regards, Craig [MacKenzie] COOK ad family there a Geelong

    10/01/2009 02:13:23