Emma Timbery (c.1842 - 26 November 1916) was a Mulgoa Aboriginal Australian shellworker and matriarch. She was also known as the "Queen of the Illawarra", "Queen of La Perouse" or "Granny Timbery." Her shellwork became part of a family tradition that continues to the present day. Timbery was also a Christian convert and active in the Christian Endeavor Society in La Perouse. Timbery also acted as a cultural informant about her language, Dharawal.
EmmaTimbery (c.1842 - 26 November 1916) was a Mulgoa Aboriginal Australian shellworker and matriarch. She was also known as the "Queen of the Illawarra"...
Look up timbery in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Timbery is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: EmmaTimbery (c.1842–1916), Aboriginal...
Timbery began to create shellwork at a young age. She came from a long line of shellworkers including her great-grandmother, EmmaTimbery. Timbery and...
sister Rose were fourth-generation shell artists and descendants of EmmaTimbery, who began the family tradition of shellwork, amongst other achievements...
"Queen" EmmaTimbery (c.1842-1916) an Aboriginal shellworker and "matriarch" of the La Perouse community. Emma married George ('Trimmer') Timbery at Botany...
October – Kevin Coombs, paralympic basketballer (b. 1941) 6 October – Esme Timbery, shellworker (b. 1931) 11 October – Cal Wilson, comedian (born in New Zealand)...
Alphington, Melbourne, Victoria) founder of Stokes & Son in 1893. Jeanette Timbery (born 1941 La Perouse, Sydney) Helmut Andexlinger [de] (born 1973 in Linz...
Science & the Sea (Halloran Collection) and elder Marjorie Timbery (dec) opened Timbery’s Aboriginal Workshop. She was added to the New South Wales State...
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