TitleAboriginal camp at Long Point (Bass Point) Photo Number001288Datec.1874DescriptionThis photo has also been titled Aboriginal Camp at Minnamurra.
The following information was provided to Shellharbour Council by the Dharawal Aboriginal Tribal Elders Association Inc in the 1990s.
The Association proposed this staged photo may have been taken to coincide with the annual Queen's birthday blanket distribution at Kiama/Minnamurra.
If the photo did coincided with this event, the Association proposed a Minnamurra family whose structure fitted the photo, were -
Left to right - 14 year old Louise Walker holding a boomerang, 57 year old William Walker with spear and boomerang, inside the bark gunyah 2 year old Mary Jane Walker and 4 year old James Walker. On the far rightis Margaret Walker with newly born Esther on her back.PlaceBass PointStudioHenry HoldenDonorCarmody, Ray
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Aboriginal camp at Long Point (Bass Point) (c.1874). Shellharbour City Council, accessed 15/10/2024, https://discovershellharbour.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/5277
