The Blacks’ Camp at Ellesmere: Karen Maber

Revisiting Ellesmere, the house of John Carruthers, premier of NSW from 1904-7, Karen Maber takes us to where the Kogarah blacks’ camp was – home to some of her ancestors.

Keywords: Identity; childhood; heritage; change, city

South Coastal
Time Periods
Glossary

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