China painter born in 1896 who studied at Maylands School of Art in Perth and exhibited with the Western Australian Women’s Society of Fine Arts and Crafts. She had two daughters who also became china painters: Edna May (Mrs Adams) and Essie (Mrs Stokes). McGilvray died in 1996.

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Writers:
Dr Dorothy Erickson
Date written:
2010
Last updated:
2011