Birth of Biddy

Birth of Biddy (Sarah Wallace) in Broken Bay. Her father is named on her death certificate as ‘Richard Wallace, Aboriginal’). Some of her descendants today think that her father may have been a British seaman, Richard Wallace. Her mother is ‘Queen’ Matora, a wife of Bungaree.

  • Matora and Gouroungan drawn by Mikhailov, 1820, courtesy AIATSIS

Biddy is known as Sarah Wallace, belongs to the Broken Bay clan of Bungaree, and is sister to Bowen and Toby.

  • 'Boin (Bowen) drawn by Mikhailov, 1820, courtesy AIATSIS
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