Alexander and Valentine Leeper & the Armenians

Alexander Leeper was the warden of Trinity College for 42 years. In 1917-1918 he became the president of Friends of Armenia, a charitable organisation founded in Melbourne during WW1 to help survivors of the massacres. The recording includes the voice of her daughter, Valentine Leeper, some months after her 100th birthday in 2000.

Dr Alexander Leeper by John Longstaff - Archibald Prize 1928 Source: artgallery.nsw.gov.au