Returns of Aboriginal Tribes in the Hunter Valley

Returns of Aboriginal Tribes in the Hunter Valley during 1844 records 50 Aboriginal people. All are living at Merton.

25 are of the “Gnamocicol Tribe”,

5 are of the “Coorcoo Tribe” and

20 are of undesignated tribal affiliation.

It would seem that the Ogilvie family insisted that the Aboriginal people living on their property (Merton) did not go without their issue of blankets. (Summary of Blanket List returns, in Lucas 47-48)