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Agnes Kluckhenn (born 1 April 1909) is a British-born Australian centenarian who is the oldest known living person in Australia.
Biography
Agnes Kluckhenn, affectinately knows as "Nessie" was born in Scotland, United Kingdom, on 1 April 1909. She emigrated to Australia two years after the end of World War II. Kluckhenn was twice married. She married Jimmy Hogarth in the 1930s. Jimmy died in 1975, and she married Carl Kluckhenn in 1978. Carl died in 2005. Agnes remained childless. She spent 20 years in Hampton, and another 28 years in Brighton. She currently lives in Brighton East, Victoria, Australia. Her sister, Williamina, lives a few doors down from her apartment.
Kluckhenn turned 110 in April 2019.
References
- Brighton East 107-year-old Agnes Kluckhenn a lover of literature, and life Herald Sun, 7 April 2016
- Australian's oldest living woman: still living it up at age 110 Sydney Morning Herald, 1 April 2019