A Fast Woman!
Well, it’s that time of year when there are not enough hours in the day and we tend to race around in ever increasing circles. It got me thinking about women and racing. Here is one woman who took on the men and beat them at their own game! NINA EVA VIDA JONES (1882-1966) Nina was born on 30th January 1882 at Livingstone House, Harris Street, Ultimo, Sydney, the youngest daughter of William Henry Harris and his wife Susan Mary, née Clarke. She was the niece of John and Sir Matthew Harris (who will be the subject of a separate blog in the future). On 2nd of April 1910 Nina Eva Vida Harris married John Alexander Stammers Jones, only son of the late William Watkin Jones, a Welsh mining surveyor, and his wife Eliza. After his mother re-married John became a resident of Lithgow and took over the running of the Zig Zag Brewery after his stepfather Henry (Harry) Phillip Corbett had stepped down sometime in the 1890's. He had the distinction of being the youngest fully qua...