page_title: Emma Withnell
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caption_attribution_description: English: Emma Mary Withnell (1842–1928), first white woman and "Mother of the North-West" of Western Australia
context_page_description: Emma Mary Withnell, was the first white and female settler in north west Western Australia; a pioneering pastoralist and businessperson.
  A member of the Hancock family, later prominent in Western Australia, Emma Hancock was born at Guildford, Western Australia. She and her husband, John Withnell, began operating a pastoral lease – Mount Welcome station, on the Harding River in 1864. The station homestead became the site of the first town in the north west, Roebourne.
context_section_description: Emma Mary Withnell, (née Hancock; 19 December 1842 – 16 May 1928), was the first white and female settler in north west Western Australia; a pioneering pastoralist and businessperson.
  A member of the Hancock family, later prominent in Western Australia, Emma Hancock was born at Guildford, Western Australia. She and her husband, John Withnell (1825–98), began operating a pastoral lease – Mount Welcome station, on the Harding River in 1864. The station homestead became the site of the first town in the north west, Roebourne.
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