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Gooseberry, Widow of King Bungaree, Brocken Bay Tribe 1836

By
WH Fernyhough
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a1114024 / SAFE/PXA 615, 34]
(published by J.G. Austin & Co. No. 12 Bridge Street, Sydney as Fernyhough's "A series of twelve profile portraits of Aborigines of New South Wales", Sydney 1836) (Mitchell Library)

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Fernyhough, WH

State Library of New South Wales

Bungaree

Adopting the role of mediator between the Aboriginal people and the English colonists, Bungaree became one of the best known elders in Sydney town, after circumnavigating the continent with Matthew Flinders.

Aboriginal

Women

Gooseberry, Cora

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Karoo was an Aboriginal woman who became a Sydney identity, with her trademark government issue blanket, headscarf and a clay pipe. One of Bungaree's wives. She died in 1852 and was buried in Devonshire Street Cemetery.