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Aboriginal camp, Endeavour Street, Sans Souci. Jim Brown, Joe Brown, Joey, Biddy Giles and Jimmy Lowndes c1880

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State Library of New South Wales
[a1528347 / SPF/2703]
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Giles, Biddy

Biddy Giles was a Dharawal woman who lived her whole life on her people's country. With her husband Billy, she guided groups of travellers on shooting and fishing trips, telling stories and sharing her skills and knowledge of the river and its wildlife.

Aboriginal

Georges River

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River that rises at Appin in the upland swamps of the O'Hares Creek catchment, and flows 80 kilometres north and east to meet Botany Bay at Taren Point, in Sydney's southern suburbs. The total catchment is over 930 square kilometres managed by a large number of local government authorities and is the main tributary of Botany Bay.

Dolls Point

Small southern residential suburb on western shore of Botany Bay.

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Sans Souci

Southern residential suburb named for the palace of Prussian king Frederick the Great in Potsdam, Germany. It was the name of the house built by Thomas Holt (1811-1888) for his German wife, and is French for 'without care'.

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Giles, Biddy

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Aboriginal woman who had extensive knowledge of Dharawal land from the south side of the Georges River to Wollongong and was a well known guide for settlers.

Lowndes, Jimmy

Aboriginal stockman who travelled from his home on the Georges River to work on the Castlereagh River.

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