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1890 - North West - view
78 people are listed as living at “Windsor”. 33 adults and 45 children (Ab Protn Board Rep 1889). “One pair of oars” is supplied at Sackville Reach
1890 - North West - view
“ Weyera , Chief of the Hunter River ” poses for a studio portrait to be captured by well-known Sydney photographer, Charles Kerry
1892 - North West - view
Some huts were erected for the “destitute Aborigines of the Hawkesbury
1892 - North West - view
100 Aborigines trekked to Windsor for their annual gift of blankets
1893 - North West - view
A darkies camp under the red cedar and willow trees by the river is a special feature of Hawkesbury life
1893 - South Coastal - view
a petition to the government
1894 - North West - view
“Scrammy Billy” dies at Paterson on 30 April 1894
1894 - North West - view
During a threat to remove them from their land during 1871, Rev John Shaw protested in local news media against this injustice
1895 - North West - view
25 May 1895 Reserves 23957 and 23958 at Sackville Reach are revoked. On the same day land at Wilberforce is set aside for Aborigines to live on
1897 - North West - view
Death of Joseph Gooburra (Goubra, Goodbra) in hospital
1897 - North West - view
When the Aborigines play for the champion Sackville cricket team, it is said “they had flash”
1898 - North West - view
There is a constant movement of Aborigines departing the Windsor district
1898 - North West - view
Police report the death of “the oldest [A]boriginal in the district”, Tommy Cox at the age of 75 (born 1822)
1899 - North West - view
Death of Billy Murphy (King “Yellow Billy”) of Segenoe and Gundy
1899 - North West - view
Australian Light Horse Brigade and serves in the Boer war