Octoman, Janette Hannum (1879-1971)

Also known as
Ochtomann, JanettaProvis, Janetta (1879-1971)
Field of activity
Farmer's wife, Justice of the Peace and Political candidate; community worker; liberal/conservative party organiser; women's activist
NLA Persistent Identifier
http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-759061

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OCTOMAN, JANETTE HANNUM (1879-1971), community worker, was born on 14 November 1879 at Port Lincoln, South Australia, daughter of Caleb Provis, a farmer from England, and his South Australian-born wife Janetta, née Patterson. Named after her mother, Janetta was to change (1940) her name to Janette. She was educated by her grandfather Joseph Provis, a schoolteacher who lived with them. At the Methodist Church, Tumby Bay, on 11 April 1903 she married Charles Mashon Ochtomann (Octoman from 1919), a 32-year-old blacksmith; they were to have four sons. About 1920 the family moved to Marden, Adelaide; Charles worked as a builder and farmer, and the boys furthered their schooling.

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Janette Octoman became a justice of the peace in Adelaide in 1927. She was elected to the state executive of the merged Liberal and Country League in 1932. In 1937 she stood for the seat of Flinders but was defeated by a local farmer. Octoman was a founding member of the Tumby Bay branch of the Country Women's Association. She stood for party endorsement three times at state level after the 1937 defeat, and once for the Senate, but was unable to win selection.

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Australian Dictionary of Biography Online

Australian Women's Register

  1. Octoman, Janette Hannum (1879-1971)Australian Dictionary of Biography Online : Octoman, Janette Hannum (1879-1971)
    Fletcher, Philippa L.
    [2006]
    Published: Australian National University
    Series: http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A150599b.htm
  2. The First Fifty Years: Golden Jubilee History of the South Australian Country Women's Association
    Parker, Heather
    [1979]
    Published: South Australian Country Women's Association
  3. Faith, Hope and Charity Australian Women and Imperial Honours: 1901-1989
    Australian Women's Archives Project
    [2003]
    Published: Australian Women's Archives Project
    Series: http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/honours/honours.html
  4. 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology
    Radi, Heather
    [1988]
    Published: Women's Redress Press

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  1. Five Knights In Commonwealth Relations List
    The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1954) Thursday 1 January 1953 p 1 Article
    ... Janette Hannum Octoman, sorial welfare services, South Australia; Mrs. Edith Mary Pardy, president ... 462 words
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  2. THREE S.A. KNIGHTS IN NEW Services Honored Minister, Judge And Doctor
    The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954) Thursday 1 January 1953 p 3 Article Illustrated
    ... ex-servicemen, Matron {Wing was awarded tile Order of Merit by the Federal exe exe- cutive of the RSL. Mrs. Janette Hannum Octoman (OBE) has done much good work for country people. During two world wars ... Mrs. Dorothy Mary Kell Finnis, Mrs. Janette Hannum Ottoman, Miss Violet Watson. Outstamding Service ... 1463 words
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