Jane and Olive Simms

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Early 20th century Indigenous Sydney shellworkers. The first recorded commercial sales of shellwork is from the late 1800s. Indigenous women sold their work mainly to white tourists, thus not much has been preserved. Jane and her sister Olive's legacy lives mostly in their legendary reputation.

Citations

  • (March 1986), 'Interviews with Maggie Dixon and Jean Stewart (nieces)’, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences Library, Sydney, New South Wales (Powerhouse Museum) Oral History tapes, .

  • Beller, Beryl (1989), ''Shellwork’: Oral Histories of La Perouse’, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences Library, Sydney, New South Wales (Powerhouse Museum).

  • Jago, James (1 June 1929), 'La Perouse’, Sydney, New South Wales: United Aborigines Messenger.

  • (30 April 1908), Sydney, New South Wales: Australian Aborigines Advocate.

  • (1910), Sydney, New South Wales: Australian Aborigines Advocate, 28 Feb, 30 April.

See also

  • 'Heritage biography and chapter 5, plate 213'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage with additions