Topics: People

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Governor King

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Judge Dowling

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James Backhouse

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Bennelong

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Long Dick, Abraham and Gibber Paddy, “Jack Jones” (Potory-Minbee)

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McGill

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Rev Threlkeld

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Alfred Jacques

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Tom White Melville Winder

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Biraban

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William Rust

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“Constable”

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Bowen (Toura Bungaree) and his wife Maria, and daughters Jonza, Nan, Theda (Jane), and son Mark, move to Pittwater, near Barrenjoey. Bowen has perhaps decided to lead his clan away from the destruction and poverty of Sydney life back to a semi traditional existence.

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Potory-Minbee (“Jack Jones”)

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Gibber Paddy

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“King Cobra – Maitland”

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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.

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Willoughby Bean

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Rev Threlkeld

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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”.