Aboriginal camp: North Richmond

1840s After military sweep of Hawkesbury, Aboriginals band together in small groups, live in seclusion, subsist on bush & river tucker and occasional meals from white settlers. King Deniheny (Duimberry or Billy Green) and Emery ("Lawyer") form the Belmont Tribe or North Richmond Tribe on land granted to Lieut Archibald Bell.

Related events

Bumba of Belmont Tribe escapes police lock-up by turning himself into crow and flying away

Children removed from Branch Natives enter Parramatta Native Institution incl 6 yo Maria from North Richmond

1903 Old Bumba dies. He is reportedly the "last of his tribe"

Belmont Farm, North Richmond 1838 by Conrad Martens SLNSW

Bell's Belmont Farm, Richmond Hill. Conrad Martens 1838 SLNSW

Location

Aboriginal camp: North Richmond

Australia

33° 35' 38.7816" S, 150° 42' 1.8792" E

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