News — Living in Cape York - Aunty Magdaline Cottas

Jardine River - Named after Jardine - Irish Settler 1800's 

Aunty Magdaline Cottas Living in Cape York

Chapter 1 - My Grandfather and Jardine 

My Grandfather Charlie Escaped New Caledonia French Law Tough met Jardine Thursday island Grandmother Polly from Somerset Jardine married them Big history as Charlie buried Jardine in coffin standing up watch ships arrive but Jardine Cruel man as shot my people at Wenlock Jardine worried Natives kill eat his cattle thus Jardine shot people down like animals Jardine Very Cruel Man

• Chapter 2 – Somerset
•  Chapter 3 – my Country is Beautiful
•  Chapter 4 – my grandfather didn’t know
•  Chapter 5 – we lived in bark huts
•  Chapter 6 – we sung in language on our sailing boat
•  Chapter 7 – how the Americans fought off the Japanese
•  Chapter 8 – the Japanese tried to take Jacky Jacky airport
•  Chapter 9 – Mapoon people evacuated