Topics: People: Community leaders

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1938 - South Coastal - view

Pearl Gibbs

1939 - Central - view

Mum Shirl

1939 - North West - view

Jack Patten

1940s - Central - view

Elsa Dixon

1940s - North Coastal - view

William de Serve, a Gai-mariagal man born on Barrenjoey, is living in several camps along the Hawkesbury River making a living by selling his fishing catch at Brooklyn. He is also known at Coal and Candle Creek and at Narrabeen.

1940s - North Coastal - view

Gai-mariagal people are living at Narrabeen Lakes on what is now the NSW Sports Centre. The community includes relatives of Dennis Foley. In the 1950s Dennis visits Narrabeen Lakes regularly with his uncles or his mother or grandmother, who lives at Curl Curl, bringing provisions like a bag of flour or a cake.