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Roger Jose Roger Jose i(A70246 works by)
Born: Established: ca. 1896 Picton, Picton - Bargo area, Southern Highlands - Southern Tablelands, Southeastern NSW, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 7 Oct 1963
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Roger Jose lived a hermitic existence in Borroloola, N.T., from some time around 1916 and made it his life's work to maintain a 200 mile-long road that led from the deserted town to Anthony's Lagoon Station. Inspired by personal pride in the road and the work he put into maintaining it, Roger wrote poetry about it. He was also the first white man in the N.T. to legally marry an Aboriginal woman.

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Notes

  • Ted Egan wrote a song, Roger Was No Death Adder, about Jose. Jose also featured in a television documentary, The Hermits of Borroloola, by David Attenborough.

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