Lois Nyman was an experienced historian and teacher whose poems, articles and short stories were widely published. She also wrote The Lyne Family History (1976), an east coast study. Maureen Martin Ferris was Curator(now retired) of the East Coast Heritage Museum, Swansea, Tasmania, and is a leading historian and genealogist. She is also Senior Vice-President of the Glamorgan Spring Bay Historical Society in Swansea.
