National Archives of Australia
F3 8/30/0
Miss Olive Pink - Secular Sanctuary Granites Tanami District
List for Mr Chinery, of my proteges (4 clans and their affinal relations
October 16, 1945 from O M Pink of Bubinna Water - Wailbri abbagulong estate
Co-operative and command
Clan 1
1 Hobart
2 Marguerite
3 Iris
4 Ivy
5 Flora
6 Poppy
7 Ian
8 Angus ('Percy')
9 Arthur
10 'Jirri' ?
Clan 2
11 'Wollu' Bob
12 Melody
13 Rose
14 Bluebell
15 Heatherbell
16 Gladys
'Ginger' and deaf (girl) wife
and perhaps Paddy and two wives
Clan 3
17 Derwent
18 Lilian
19 May
20 Richard
21 Robert
22 Christopher
23 May's baby (Tasman ?)
Clan 4
24 Ben
25 wife (? name)
26 Mala Jugulba
27 Johnny
28 Colin
Kabilyu Kabilyu (Risdon ?) and a family of about 7 to 10
(with wives and including himself). I have only met seen May yet.
Approx total of proteges and workers 43 to 50.
(These will reside on Wailbrigabbagulong part of year.
10. 5.1937 Letter to Chief Protector of Aborigines Darwin from
T G H Strehlow
Mentions
Full blood aborignes Albie, Sambo and Mick
Half-castes Ben and Harry Palmer who were brought up in the old
Half-Caste Institution at Alice Springs by Mrs Standley.
White men working at the Granites are
C H Chapman snr, Manager and Owner, married but living separately from his wife
C H Chapman jnr, unmarried
A E Williams, wireless operator and battery man, married, wife and children
are down south at present but have lived at the Granites
Jack Lewis, Miner and Contributer, married, wife south
Jim Callender and his wife
Fred Gorman, lorry driver, about to be married, his wife will also
live at the Granites
Gorman is also considering employing two more whites to replace
Bluey Connell and Edward McCormick who have just left the Granites.
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