Emma Timbery b. c.1842

Also known as Granny Timbery, Queen Emma Timbery
  • Artist
Celebrated shellworker, Emma Timbery of La Perouse, NSW, exhibited her shellworks in England in 1910.
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Name
Emma Timbery
Also known as:
  • Granny Timbery
  • Queen Emma Timbery
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist
Other Occupation
  • Informant (ANZSIC code: 6910) (Informant For R. H. Mathews (amateur anthropologist) in late 1890s.)
Birth date
c.1842
Birth place
Liverpool, NSW
Death date
26 November 1916
Death place
Sydney, NSW
Burial place
Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, Matraville, NSW
Death note
\n\nBurialNote: Buried on 27 November 1916
Active Period
  • 1883
Residence
  • 1842 Liverpool, NSW
  • c.1870-1879 - c.1916 La Perouse, NSW (The specific location of their settlement was then called Cooriwal (also spelt Currewol, Koorewal and Gooriwaal), but is today more commonly known as Frenchman's Beach. )
Indigenous Australian
 
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW

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Other occupations
  • Informant (ANZSIC code: 6910) (Informant For R. H. Mathews (amateur anthropologist) in late 1890s.)
  • Informant (Informant For R. H. Mathews (amateur anthropologist) in late 1890s.)