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Issue Details: First known date: 2011... 2011 The Story of Bob Waterer and His Family 1803-2010
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'This is the story of one family that can trace its heritage back to Sarah (Biddy) Wallace a member of the Broken Bay clan led by Bungaree. Featured in the story is Bob Waterer's great grandmother Catherine Bens (1838-1920) who was known to many locals as The Queen of Scotland Island.' (Source: TROVE)

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Works about this Work

[Review Essay] : The Story of Bob Waterer and His Family, 1803-2010 Peter Read , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , no. 2 2013; (p. 105-106)

— Review of The Story of Bob Waterer and His Family 1803-2010 Nan Bosler , 2011 single work biography

'Bob Waterer of Sydney’s northern beaches, and now in his 80s, rediscovered his Aboriginal descent in 2004 after examining the birth, death and marriage certificates of his parents. As has happened so many times in southern Australia, he and his sister Joan had lived their lives under the sometimes unspoken stricture, as Waterer puts it, that ‘it was not wise to investigate our heritage too far back as there might be Aboriginal ancestors’ (p.5). Further consultation revealed the family’s connection to an Aboriginal woman well known on the Hawkesbury River in the nineteenth century, Biddy Lewis. Biddy was the daughter (or possibly the granddaughter) of Matora, first wife of the famous Bungaree, friend of Macquarie.' (Introduction)

[Review] The Story of Bob Waterer and His Family 1803-2010 Gerrie Boeyen , Monica Bordignon , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: History , March no. 111 2012; (p. 35)

— Review of The Story of Bob Waterer and His Family 1803-2010 Nan Bosler , 2011 single work biography
The Fascinating History of Bob Waterer 2011 single work column
— Appears in: National Indigenous Times , 4 August vol. 10 no. 231 2011; (p. 56)
[Review] The Story of Bob Waterer and His Family 1803-2010 Gerrie Boeyen , Monica Bordignon , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: History , March no. 111 2012; (p. 35)

— Review of The Story of Bob Waterer and His Family 1803-2010 Nan Bosler , 2011 single work biography
[Review Essay] : The Story of Bob Waterer and His Family, 1803-2010 Peter Read , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , no. 2 2013; (p. 105-106)

— Review of The Story of Bob Waterer and His Family 1803-2010 Nan Bosler , 2011 single work biography

'Bob Waterer of Sydney’s northern beaches, and now in his 80s, rediscovered his Aboriginal descent in 2004 after examining the birth, death and marriage certificates of his parents. As has happened so many times in southern Australia, he and his sister Joan had lived their lives under the sometimes unspoken stricture, as Waterer puts it, that ‘it was not wise to investigate our heritage too far back as there might be Aboriginal ancestors’ (p.5). Further consultation revealed the family’s connection to an Aboriginal woman well known on the Hawkesbury River in the nineteenth century, Biddy Lewis. Biddy was the daughter (or possibly the granddaughter) of Matora, first wife of the famous Bungaree, friend of Macquarie.' (Introduction)

The Fascinating History of Bob Waterer 2011 single work column
— Appears in: National Indigenous Times , 4 August vol. 10 no. 231 2011; (p. 56)
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Subjects:
  • Broken Bay, Gosford, Central Coast, New South Wales,
  • 1803-2010
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