Mary Jane Warnes

Early life and education Fairbrother was born in Fullarton, an inner suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, the youngest daughter of Thomas Fairbrother, a gardener, and Jane Mears (née Clarke). She was of English descent.

Career On 12 February 1900, Fairbrother married Isaac James Warnes (1871-1944) at St Augustine's Church in Unley. The couple lived in isolation at Koomooloo in the northeast of South Australia state, though she occasionally made a trip by horse and cart to Burra to shop and converse with other women.

Legacy

Warnes died in 1959 and was buried at Burra Cemetery.

There are memorials dedicated to her at St. Mary's Church, Burra, the Jubilee 150 Walkway on North Terrace, Adelaide, the National Pioneer Women’s Hall of Fame in Alice Springs and the C.W.A. complex in Kent Town, Adelaide.