A burial place at Manly
North Coastal - 1899

The Manly News, 10 March 1899 reports “Twenty years ago, [Alderman] Adam Russell [who had a contracting business] says he unearthed the skeletons of Aboriginals on the flat near Fairy Bower steps, and thinks it must have been a burying place for our dusky predecessors.” (Manly News, 10 March 1899)

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A burial place at ManlyNorth Coastal - 1899

A burial place at Manly
North Coastal - 1899