Seeking a family who lived in Geraldton in Western Australia.

[CallyJ]

Hi Carmel

I have a copy of the death certificate of Jane Aubery, aged 57 years who died in Albany on 24 December 1891. This is not our Jane. I have previously mentioned the book 'Yalgoo" written by Alex Palmer. Gold was discovered in Yalgoo in 1892. In a paragraph regarding the gold discovery Jane is not mentioned by name but described as an Aboriginal shepherdess, living with a man named "George Aubery" and had 2 children named Thomas and Mary. The man who told this story knew Uncle Tom and Mary well.

When Henry died in 1907, Millicent was the youngest child aged 17 years. The Stolen Generation is reported to have been between 1910 and 1970.

Over the years I have tracked the whereabout of my grandmother Ellen's siblings using marriage certificates, death certificates and information from other cousins. I have been able to find out information on all of them with the exception of Julia.

I hope the above information helps. Due to a family commitment I am away from home until the end of February and will not have access to my family history information.

Kindest regards
Winifred

[Cjazee]

Hi there

thank you so much for that information.  Is there some way we can discuss this further.  * is my email address.  i have created a Jane Dhungarra page on fb.  am happy to add you to it.  also have ancestry account. cheers Carmel

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[Ima Hunting]

Hi
Regarding the stolen generation, the year of 1910 is “flexible”

When prinsep was chief protector, he was already advocating and getting laws changed. In 1905, the Act that was passed through parliament had the addition of removing children “by force”… so the removal of children was already happening for a long time before the official date. Decades before… but the technicality was the shouldn’t be taken by force…. Just when they weren’t in their parents arms. The force part meant they could be ripped from their parents arms. I guess force was always used because the children would have fought to get away.

When Neville became chief protector, he was better with paperwork and recording, whuvh is why there are more records for children removed after 1916.

Records for Stolen gen are through find and connect if you need to look anything up. There are also records online… family trees etc through state library wa

[MPG23P]

Hey my name's Matthew and I've been meaning to get back on here and put my part in. I'm a direct descendant of Jane thungarra. She is my third great grand mother. So her daughter Bridget then she had ilma and ilma had my grandmother pam. I had DNA done and the line is strong I was told I can trace back 100 to 1000 mother's and grandmothers. Any descendents from Jane have a special gene called P8a very unique to the Dongara Gascoyne area. I saw someone had posted about my great uncled who died under the house when the government came to take kids. That was ilma my great grandmother who that happened to. My family is quite white passing but my nan and her mother spent their whole lives on the streets on the run from the government. Anyway someone please get in touch. Thankyou your time

[Lisa S]

Hi Matthew my nana is Myrtle (my dad’s mum) who was the daughter of Millicent (Milly) who was Jane and Henry’s daughter. Milly and Bridget were sisters. So we are in the same lineage and related along the way.

[MPG23P]

Hey Lisa

That's deadly sis and useful info thanks for replying I never realised how big this went. That's so cool we mob. Where abouts are you from like Perth local ? I'm living in Brisbane ATM but I was born and raised in perth Would like to get in contact and swap some stories hit me back
Cheers

Matt

[CallyJ]

Hi Matt
My grandmother was Bridget's sister Ellen.
Years ago when I started looking at our family history I tried to find as much information as possible on Henry and Jane's children.
The information I found on Bridget was very limited. Your great grandmother Ilma (1913-1983) married Mr Hughes in 1938. I could only find a record for the birth of a daughter Aileen. Was Aileen your grandmother Pam?
I feel very sad to hear that your grandmother and great grandmother spent their lives on the streets. I hadn't heard the story of the great uncle who died in very sad circumstances. Do you know his name and when this occurred
My grandmother Ellen married my grandfather John Edward Olsen in 1907 and lived the rest of her life on a farm at Oakagee near Geraldton. My mother was one of their 10 children. During her lifetime my mother never spoke of her indigenous heritage. The only family member she mentioned was Henry and Jane's son Tom (1882-1963). As a kid growing up in Perth we spent a lot of time with our aunts and uncles and their families when they visited us. I was always fascinated by the different complexions of the aunts and uncles. Grandfather Olsen was born in Sweden. In looking at our family history and finding information on Jane explained this.
I haven't done much family history research in the past couple of years due to my own family commitments. I was trying to find more information on Henry Aubrey but have come to a dead end.
Lovely to meet another family member. 
Kindest regards
Winifred