Christie Fuller

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Christie Fuller
Born
Louisa Christie Fuller
Died(1933-08-15)August 15, 1933
Strathfield, Australia
OccupationSinger
Relatives Florence Fuller (sister), Amy Fuller (sister), Sylvia Harper (daughter)
Christie Fuller
Origin Australia

Christie Fuller (died 15 August 1933) was an Australian singer of the late Victorian period. She performed professionally in Melbourne and internationally. She was sister to artist Florence Fuller and singer Amy Fuller.

Louisa Christie Fuller was the second daughter of John Hobson Fuller and Louisa Fuller (née Vines). [1] [2] She was a contralto. [3] In 1886 she travelled to England to study, before returning to Melbourne the following year, where she subsequently performed professionally. [4] [5] Newspaper notices indicate that she performed publicly with her sister Amy on some occasions, including in Sydney in 1898 [6] and in Perth in 1910. [7] Fuller toured and performed in London and South Africa, as well as across Australia. [8]

In Melbourne on 14 August 1890 she married Charles Carey Lance, [2] and after living in Euroa, Victoria and northern New South Wales,[ citation needed ] the family settled in Sydney. They had two sons, Arnold, born 1892, [9] Francis, born 1893, and a daughter, Sylvia, born 1895, who - under her married name Sylvia Harper, or Mrs. R Harper - became a tennis player who competed internationally representing Australia. [3] [10]

Charles and Christie Lance were living in Strathfield, New South Wales when she died in August 1933. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Victoria BDM – Marriage Certificate Ref. 6246
  2. 1 2 "Family Notices". The Argus . Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 1 September 1890. p. 1. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 "Obituary". The Argus . Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 19 August 1933. p. 22. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "Melbourne tea-table talk". The West Australian . Perth: National Library of Australia. 13 December 1886. p. 3. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  5. ↑ "Miss Fuller's concert". The Argus . Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 19 September 1887. p. 6. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald . National Library of Australia. 29 August 1898. p. 8. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  7. ↑ "Social notes". The West Australian . Perth: National Library of Australia. 30 May 1910. p. 7. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  8. ↑ "Late Mrs C. C. Lance". The Sydney Morning Herald . National Library of Australia. 25 August 1933. p. 11. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  9. ↑ Victoria BDM – Births Ref. 1342
  10. ↑ "Ladies' Tennis Team". The Sydney Stock and Station Journal . National Library of Australia. 13 March 1925. p. 6. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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