I wasn’t very interested in it in my younger days: Bob Waterer

Bob Waterer was not interested in his Hawkesbury Aboriginal heritage when young. When his sister, Agnes, recently read about Biddy Giles, a Gai-mariagal Aboriginal woman, she traces their family history and enables the author to put together unknown pieces of Biddy’s children’s story – Agnes and Bob’s great grandmother and great uncles. He has now visited Biddy’s grave with his family.

Keywords: Identity; childhood; moving; heritage

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