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Jessie Prowse (born 7 July 1911) is an Australian supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). She is currently the oldest living Australian-born person, and is also the second-oldest known living person in Australia, after Ivy Tate.
Biography
Prowse was born in New South Wales, Australia on 7 July 1911. She had three children.
Prowse remembers the Attack on Sydney Harbour and the opening of the Sydney harbor bridge in the 1930s.
Prowse moved to Queensland, Australia in 1989 and later into a nursing home in Queensland. Around the same time, at the age of 103, she had two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Prowse currently lives in a nursing home in Queensland, Australia at the age of 112 years, 286 days.
Gallery
References
- Morningside resident Jessie Prowse shares her life story after turning 103. The Courier Mail, 3 August 2014
- Our amazing member Jessie Prowse recently celebrated her 109th birthday The 100+ Club (Facebook), 27 August 2020
- Happy 110th birthday to Auntie Jessie on 7 July! Facebook, 4 July 2021
- Happy Birthday to Jessie who recently celebrated her 110th birthday! Blue Care (Facebook), 28 August 2021