Topics: Sites: Institutions
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1825 - South West - view
Native Institution
1839 - North West - view
Orphan School in Paramatta
1839 - South West - view
Parramatta Native Institution
1842 - South West - view
Wooll’s school
1843 - North Coastal - view
Birth of James Ashby, son of Charlotte Ashby. Marriage of Charlotte to James
Ashby. They receive a land grant at Dora Creek, (Wyee). After Charlotte’s
husband dies her children are taken away and put into the Benevolent Society
Institution and her land is confiscated. Charlotte is incarcerated in a
psychiatric institution. The family recall that once the police found out they
were Aboriginal, they moved them on, saying “She’s only a blackfella anyway”.
1847 - North Coastal - view
Threlkeld had a mission station near Lake
Macquarie. He stated that the Aborigines had strayed from God’s path and as a
result were doomed.
1852 - South Coastal - view
Randwick Asylum for Destitute children
1858 - North West - view
Ebenezer school