• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE0848

McLaren, Eva

  • Birth name Petavel, Evangeline
(1898 – 1985)
  • Born 1898, Bolsterstone South Yorkshire England
  • Died 1985, Farnham England

Summary

Eva McLaren was born in Yorkshire and educated in England and Switzerland. She lived in India where at one stage she met Mohandas (Mahatma Ghandi). On a visit to Australia she met and married Captain Edward Smith McLaren. She joined the Lyceum Club and joined every circle except the Italian and bridge circles. McLaren was president in 1948-1949 and 1959-1961.

Archival resources

  • State Library of South Australia
    • Interview with Eva McLaren [sound recording] Interviewer: Yvonne Abbott

Published resources

Related entries


  • Membership
    • Lyceum Club Adelaide Incorporated (1922 - )
  • Presided
    • Lyceum Club Adelaide Incorporated (1922 - )
    • Lyceum Club Adelaide Incorporated (1922 - )