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Bertha Pooley (b.1920 Transvaal d.1993 Pietermaritzburg)
Bertha Pooley lived in Durban from an early age. She trained as a teacher and whilst teaching at Isipingo Beach she studied watercolour painting under Madeline Edwards (Mrs. Palmer). After six years of general teaching she returned to the Natal Teachers' Training College for a further year of specialization in Art. She subsequently taught art at Haward and Russell High Schools in Pietermaritzburg before taking up a lecturing position with the Natal Teachers' Training College, retiring in 1979.