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Marie Dundas Marie Dundas i(A83463 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal
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BiographyHistory

Marie Dundas is the great granddaughter of Mary Jane Cain, Queen of Burrabeedee. Mary Jane Cain was given this title because she wrote several letters to Queen Victoria who eventually titled her a small section of land on which the Burrabeedee Mission was built. Dundas spent her childhood living around Coonabarabran. In later years she worked at the Imperial Hotel as a waitress while looking after her family.

(Source: Somerville, M., [et.al], Sun Dancin': People and Place in Coonabarabran, Aboriginal Studies Press, 1994)

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