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of Tivenbah = there was "Billey the Bold" he was not much
of a worker = he was slightly deformed, so realy[sic] could not
do much hard work, "Long Jackey" was a very fine made
man, over 6ft, but a regular old miall, he had very little
English, I never remember seeing him with any clothes on
he very seldom came near any house = used to live in the
Bush all his time at the camp, and lived on what he
got by hunting. Gamgut Jackey had four sons Tomey Steel
Jimmo and Down the River the Blacks were more numerus[sic]
and there were some fine fellows amongst them, I know very little
about them as they did not often come up our way = down on
the salt water they mostly lived by fishing I think there was
more of them down there than about Kimbriki. On the Dingo
there was another tribe = There was "Laughing Charley" I never
saw a mouth like Charleys on any human being & doubt
if there ever was or will be one like it, it was emence,[immense] it
was something to dream about. I am glad we have got a
Photo of him = if his mouth had only been open when he
was Photoed it would be worth something. There was
Billey Tasall = When asked his name he always said
Billey = Tasall (that's all) untill he got the name of Billey
Tasall = Then out at Larry's Flat was another Tribe and
up the Manning about No1 station another lot - Old Bill
Jackey, Long Jackey, Big headed Mickey, but we did not
often see any of them, or of the Gloucester Blacks = Jack of
Clubs = Yarambabah, and lots whose names I forget
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