[2] Fanny Dango worked in theatre in London and she started and was frequently involved in pantomime.

She worked as a comedienne co-starring in "The Girls of Gottenburg" and "The Dairymaids" with Reginald Roberts, W. S. Percy and George Lauri in Melbourne.

[3] While she was in Australia, she met the land owner Samuel Peter Mackay whose interest was racehorses.

[1] Elsie Mackay made her debut on stage in a minor role in Pygmalion in 1914 at His Majesty's Theatre, London.

The bulk of his estate was left to his two sons, but Dango was a trustee and awarded £2,500 per annum for life if she remained unmarried.