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1835 - North West - view

Margaret Hansall

1835 - North Coastal - view

Little Dick, an ‘Aboriginal native’, is convicted of robbing the dwelling house of Mr William Bloodstock. Death of another Koori is recorded.

1835 - North West - view

Mr and Mrs Lynch

1835 - North Coastal - view

Mickey and Merjey are charged with committing rape on Margaret Hansball.

1835 - North West - view

Pondo (“Leg-o-me”)

1835 - North West - view

Wattorgin (Charley Muscle)

1835 - West - view

Governor Bourke

1835 - North West - view

“Lego-me”

1835 - North West - view

Judge Burton

1835 - West - view

Phoebe

1836 - North Coastal - view

Bowen may also have been disappointed in British justice. Bowen had requested the Reverend Threlkeld to make representation to the NSW Attorney General for the unsuccessful prosecution of two Aboriginal men, Murrell and Bummaree for the murder of his brother-in-law Jabinguy and another man. His appeal to the Attorney General was unsuccessful. Bowen returned to find his country much altered with traditional coastal fishing grounds blocked off to them and borders from farms and roads.

1836 - North West - view

Willoughby Bean

1836 - North West - view

Rev Threlkeld

1836 - North Coastal - view

Bowen and other members of his clan find work employed as black trackers and also catch and trade fish with settlers. He works beside Customs Officer Howard and is friends with local farmer John Farrell. He is described as a valuable asset to the force. The Sydney Herald reports that Bowen has given information that leads to the capture of three bush rangers. “A black fellow named Bowen told Brophy that the other bushrangers were on another island near Mooney Mooney Creek”.

1836 - North West - view

Potory-Minbee

1836 - North West - view

Birabahn

1836 - North Coastal - view

Bowen is a very effective black tracker in detecting illegal stills in the upper reaches of McCarrs Creek, Church Point. He leads John Howard from the Customs House at Barrenjoey, Pittwater, up the creek to where a man William Farr is detained. Howard recognizes Bowen’s skills and recommends to the Collector of Customs in Sydney that he should ”have a second boat which would cost about four hundred pounds and enable him to get a living for himself and family consisting of two daughters and a son. … as he will be liable to insult and oppression for having aided me”. Later Howard writes “I am reluctant to employ (Bowen) … without the protection of a constable as I have reason to believe that violence would be used towards him.”

1836 - North West - view

Alfred Jaques

1836 - North West - view

Threlkeld

1836 - North West - view

William Ross