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Grace Bussell
Grace Vernon Drake-Brockman (née Bussell; 1860 – 7 October 1935), commonly referred to as Grace Bussell, was a woman from Western Australia. In 1876, as a 16-year-old, she was involved in the rescue of the SS "Georgette", for which she was awarded the Royal Humane Society's Silver Medal.
Biography.
Grace was born to the well-known and prosperous Bussell family. At age 7, she discovered Wallcliffe cave.
Lauded by the press at
homestead to raise the alarm, where he found only Ellen Bussell and her 16-year-old daughter Grace. Grace Bussell and Isaacs then returned to the scene on horseback. Meanwhile, "Georgette" had grounded and begun to break up. On arriving at the scene, Grace Bussell immediately rode down the cliffs and into the surf, swimming her horse out until it was alongside one of the swamped lifeboats. With as many people as possible clinging to her and her horse, she returned to shore and landed them. One man