{"id":507,"date":"2024-03-20T16:50:31","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T05:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/?page_id=507"},"modified":"2025-08-06T15:00:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T05:00:51","slug":"stories-from-right-here-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/?page_id=507","title":{"rendered":"Stories from right here 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FEB19-97-copy-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"481\" src=\"http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FEB19-97-copy-1024x481.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-552\" srcset=\"http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FEB19-97-copy-1024x481.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FEB19-97-copy-300x141.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FEB19-97-copy-768x361.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FEB19-97-copy-1536x722.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FEB19-97-copy-2048x963.jpeg 2048w, http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FEB19-97-copy-1568x737.jpeg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research findings:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The research which culminated in this exhibition was conducted in the University of Wollongong (UOW) Library Archives, for the inaugural Liz Hilton Memorial Fellowship 2022-2023, as part of the project &#8216;Cross-reading South Coast Histories&#8217;. Two main collections were consulted in the research project: D217 Archibald Campbell (1834-1903) and D92 Frank McCaffrey (1865-1932).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key findings from the &#8216;Cross-reading South Coast Histories&#8217; research project include: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Aboriginal origin of the name Jerry Bailey (colonial name for Shoalhaven Heads, until the 1950s): a widely held view has been that the origin of &#8216;Jerry Bailey&#8217; is unknowable, a mystery. However, in the list of South Coast place-names collected by  Archibald Campbell in August 1900, from William Buthung, his Aboriginal interlocutor, I found the word &#8220;Djerrabaly&#8221;. Buthung connects this name to &#8220;that spot, back of garden&#8221; at Alexander Berry&#8217;s Coolangatta Estate, now Shoalhaven Heads (Campbell collection D217\/11).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Campbell (1834-1903) \u2013 a politician, and McCaffrey (1865-1932) \u2013 a dairy inspector, shared a common interest in the agricultural and civic progress of South Coast NSW but their archives show a curiosity about how Australia\u2019s colonial origins affected their own times.&nbsp;Both men were appalled by the brutality of the convict system and curious about the Aboriginal people they came into contact with on the South Coast of NSW. McCaffrey is particularly damning of what he terms \u2018English savagery\u2019 and the tendency for historic records to be burned, thrown away or \u2018tidied up\u2019.&nbsp;Campbell made a point of collecting Aboriginal words and placenames from well-known Wodi Wodi and Yuin Elders, including \u2018Queen\u2019 Rosie, William Saddler and William Buthung.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>McCaffrey, from a family of dairy farmers and as a state dairy inspector, was particularly interested in the early tracks and paths which allowed farmers to transport their produce to market. The escarpment and deep gullies of the Illawarra and Shoalhaven regions made access by road difficult well into the mid-1800s, and McCaffrey&#8217;s catalogue of Aboriginal paths to and from the coast to the tablelands demonstrates the extent to which explorers, surveyors and later, farmers, relied on Aboriginal knowledge. Of the celebrated explorer Hamilton Hume, McCaffrey writes: &#8220;Many of our writers claim for Hamilton Hume wonderful powers, almost equal power with the native bee that is capable of winging home from any direction. He was different to the &#8216;bee&#8217; in this &#8211; he invariably had a guide &#8211; an Aboriginal &#8211; when travelling&#8221; (McCaffrey,\u00a0<em>The History of Illawarra and its Pioneers<\/em>, 1922, p. 169).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Please cite this page as: Saunders, J 2024, &#8216;Stories from right here&#8217;, vennsquidink\/Jen Saunders, viewed [day month year], &lt;vennsquidink.com.au\/?page_id=507> <em>Thank you! <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The annotated ebook exhibition catalogue \/ bibliography can be accessed here: <a href=\"http:\/\/nla.gov.au\/nla.obj-3645838671\"><em>Stories From Right Here<\/em>,<\/a> (you may have to select &#8216;Display Sensitive Material&#8217; box in the information panel at NLA landing page)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FEB19-85-copy-1-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" 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href=\"http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FEB19-72-copy-1-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FEB19-72-copy-1-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-559\" srcset=\"http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FEB19-72-copy-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FEB19-72-copy-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FEB19-72-copy-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FEB19-72-copy-1-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FEB19-72-copy-1-2048x1366.jpeg 2048w, http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FEB19-72-copy-1-1568x1046.jpeg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FEB19-55-copy-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FEB19-55-copy-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-560\" srcset=\"http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FEB19-55-copy-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FEB19-55-copy-300x200.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FEB19-55-copy-768x512.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FEB19-55-copy-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FEB19-55-copy-2048x1366.jpeg 2048w, http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FEB19-55-copy-1568x1046.jpeg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8216;My Country &#8211; Yuin cathedrals&#8217;, Myangah Pirate, centre<br>&#8216;Stories from right here&#8217;, Jen Saunders, left and right<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FEB19-104-copy-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"716\" src=\"http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FEB19-104-copy-1024x716.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-568\" srcset=\"http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FEB19-104-copy-1024x716.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FEB19-104-copy-300x210.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FEB19-104-copy-768x537.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FEB19-104-copy-1536x1073.jpeg 1536w, 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Two main collections were consulted in the research project: D217 Archibald Campbell (1834-1903) and D92 Frank McCaffrey (1865-1932). Key&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/?page_id=507\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Stories from right here 2024<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-507","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=507"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":606,"href":"http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/507\/revisions\/606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/vennsquidink.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}