4. NAMES LISTED IN NEWS ARTICLES
• King Charley with his mother and wife
• King Harry of Swan Creek
• Snowy
• Jacky
• Arthur (1)
• Orara William
• Carrs Creek Jimmy
• Peter
• Arthur (2)
Grafton Argus 16 Nov 1874
NAMES IDENTIFIED ELSEWHERE
Source: Descendant of the Bawden
family who owned the property ‘Trefusis’
in Grafton
• Mick and Tommy
• Louis and Jenny
5. ‘Orara William’ ‘Snowy and his wife’ ‘Jacky’ and ‘Arthur’
Names provided in the Grafton Argus, 16 November 1874
7. King Charley of the McLachlan
property at Ulmarra
King Harry of the Small property
at Swan Creek
King Harry wearing his breastplate.
J. W. Lindt photo in the State
Library of NSW collection.
Mary Ann of Ulmarra
8. ‘Mary Ann of Ulmarra’ Harold Arthur Cowan
Nephew of Mary Ann Williams (nee Cowan)
Photo courtesy of Hazel Mason, Harold’s daughter.
9. Breimba, 2014
Connections, 2014
Three Woolar, 2014
Deborah Taylor’s three artistic
expressions of the Clarence River,
or Breimba, as it was called by
Clarence Aboriginals.
10. PROJECT AIMS
• To continue the search for the identities of the Aboriginals in the Lindt photos
• Investigate their family connections
• To create a digital archive of all the research materials collected
11. ‘King Charley of Ulmarra with his mother and wife’
Could be Charlie Whitton and his
wife Nancy (reclining) and his sister,
Lucy Larrigo (nee Whitton), behind.
McLachlan property on McLachlans Lane, Ulmarra.
Site of King Charlie’s camp.
An Aboriginal burial site is known to be here.
12. Clarence and Richmond River Examiner and New England Advertiser,
30 June 1883, pg 3
Addition of ‘Larrigo’ as one of the men in the photos
Jessie Larrigo, daughter of John
Larrigo and Lucy Whitton
Photo courtesy of Matthew Smith
13. King Harry Neville
State Library of VictoriaA History of Coutts
Crossing and Nymboida
Districts. Volume 3.
Grafton Regional Gallery
14. Arthur Devlin
Born: 1854
Died: 1883 in Darlinghurst
Gaol, age 29, of tuberculosis
James Devlin was the
manager on the small
property. Arthur may have
worked there and taken his
boss’ surname, as was
common.
Lindt photo taken in 1873
when Arthur was 19
Darlinghurst Gaol photo taken in
1877, when Arthur was 23
16. ‘Mary Ann of Ulmarra’ Mary Ann Williams (nee Cowan)
Photo courtesy of Jo-Anne and Wendy Clarke, Mary Ann’s great granddaughters
17. Mary Ann Williams’ (nee Cowan) Children (oldest to youngest, left to right)
Edith Williams (might be Barbara)
Born 1881
Died ?
Married (1) John Skinner
(2) Edwin Ellis
Herbert Williams
Born 1872
Died 1956
Never married
Lived with Mary Ann at
51 Fitzroy St, Grafton
Barbara Williams (might be Edith)
Born 1877
Died ?
Married George Glenwright, 1894
Elizabeth “Bessie” Williams
Born 1884
Died?
Married Vernon Clarke, 1914
No photo available of Mary Ann’s 3rd child, Leonard
Christopher Williams, born 1879. He married Emily
May Skinner in 1900. One of his daughters was Hazel
Jean Cheetham (nee Williams) – Mary Ann’s
granddaughter.
Photos courtesy of Jo-Anne and Wendy ClarkePhoto courtesy of Hazel Mason
18. Mary Ann Williams (nee Cowan) - family resemblances on the Cowan side of the family
Edith Cowan (1st), Mary Ann’s niece,
born 1889, Grafton.
Gladys Duroux (nee Cowan),
Mary Ann’s great niece, born
1918, Grafton.
Edith Bostock (nee Cowan (2nd),
Mary Ann’s great niece, born 1911,
Nymboida.
20. Brother and Sister – Jack and Mary Ann Cowan?
An older sister? Or close relative?
21. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Elders and community members, and guests
Roberta Skinner, Breimba Project Research Assistant
Sam and Janet Cullen
Dr Eliza Kent, University of New England
The Lindt Research Group
Grafton Regional Gallery
Friends of the Gallery
Clarence Valley Council
Arts Northern Rivers
Grafton Community and Function Centre
Clarence Valley citizens
