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Tommy Dower (centre), leading figure of Cockburn Aboriginal groups, 1894 |
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Perth : The Inquirer and Commercial News, 1894 |
| Notes: |
Published in The Inquirer and Commercial News, 21 December 1894, page 19. Digital copy taken from microfilm at State Library of WA in 2018. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are warned that these images may contain images of people who are now deceased. |
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| Summary: |
Tommy Dower was said to be the head of the Aboriginal group living in the Cockburn-Mandurah area in the 1880s and 1890s. He was sometimes referred to as 'King Dower', and featured in reminiscences of Cockburn settlers. The three men in the photograph are named 'Jordie - Tommy Dower - Billy Goat.' Western habits of giving infantile nicknames to Aboriginal people make it impossible to know the men's real names, and little about their heritage is recorded. |
| Subject: |
Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Cockburn Region (W.A.)
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