These photos were taken at Roseneath by Charles Simson between 1881 to 1910 JIMMY CORTWINE : LAST OF THE OLD MEN OF THE GLENELG TRIBE FROM
THE GRAMPIANS TO THE COAST.
JIMMY CORTWINE
Mr . Charles Simson, who forwards the ac-
companying photograph, writes:—'Jimmy
has been at the Condah Mission Station for
some years now, but likes to spend the
Summer months in his old district. He tells
me he is about 70 yours old. One of our old
identities in Casterton tells me Jimmy was
a picaninny in his mother's arms at the
junction of the Glenelg and Wannon rivers
when Major Mitchell passed through about
1835-6. This is possible, as Jimmy is a very
old man. Jimmy tells me he was born on
what is now known as the Casterton park,
close to Casterton. His tribe moved on to
the Chetwynd Estate while he was a baby.
Thence they went to Willis's Moree station
(now Koolomurt), where he spent his boy
hood. After that he came to Roseneath with
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the remnants of his tribe, and worked there
as boundary rider and horsebreaker for
several years. During his boyhood he was
at Mr. Corney's Wando station (which has
recently been subdivided bv Broughton
Bros.). The Album was returned to Casterton from the Colac historical society.
Billy Redcap he worked and was buried on Roseneath, north of Casterton.
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