ABORIGINAL “QUEEN”
MORE THAN 100 YEARS OLD.
NOWRA (N?S.W.), February 25. Mary Golding, the aboriginal queen, at Huskisson, died yesterday. The oldest residents of this district state that her age was between 105 and 108. She had always enjoyed good health until last week, when she became ill. Her mental faculties were remarkably clear,' and she could relate stories of happenings in the early history of the
district. Her husband, known as "King Jimmy,” died some years ago. Mary had been residing for many years with one of her daughters on the banks of the Currambene Creek, at Huskisson. Residents of that locality and the police gave her evelry attention. Except for being very thin, she was a wonderfully well-preserved woman.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 10 March 1928, Page 12
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