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1853 - North Coastal - view
Bowen
is shot by four white bushrangers at Newport.
He is 56 years old. John Farrell relates that a bushranger Casey, who
frequented Bushranger’s Hill, had murdered Bowen as he sat by his fire at
night. Farrell describes Bowen as “one of the finest darkies I ever met. I
looked upon Bowen almost as a brother … and was prepared to … have blood for
blood” for Bowen’s murderer. His body is taken to St Lawrence Presbyterian
Church cemetery but later his grave is moved to Pioneer Park
at Botany.
1857 - South Coastal - view
writes a petition to the NSW government
1881 - North Coastal - view
“Aug 2 nd Went by steamer to Manly, broke up camp, brought
Harry, Eliza, Harriet and 5 children to Mr Hills. All readily consented to
come. Trip in steamer lovely view – great crowd of blacks in Mr Hill’s yard –
fire, plenty of food and blankets … alright except Mrs Beckett and Charley
Abbot’s wife … I went to railway station about passes. Mr Gribble (Head of
another mission station, Warangesda) to Botany Bay for Ellen and boys. ... Met
Sir H Parkes... [the Premier, who] consented to blacks getting the same rations
at Maloga [a mission station in Victoria run by Matthews] as in Sydney”.
1883 - South Coastal - view
Aborigines Protection Board is established
1883 - South Coastal - view
Aborigines Welfare Board to provide boats
1889 - South Coastal - view
formally reserved
1890 - South Coastal - view
Koories sign a petition
1893 - South Coastal - view
a petition to the government