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2 unusual facts about Maude Bonney


Maude Bonney

Born as Maude Rose Rubens, in Pretoria, South Africa, she adopted the name "Lores" later in preference to her given names.

In 1928 she met Bert Hinkler (Harry Bonney's first cousin once removed), a Queensland aviator who had set a solo England–Australia record in his Avro Avian biplane (now in the Queensland Museum, Brisbane).



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