This audiobook is extremely hard to listen to as I have a personal connection to this horror. In 1859 the two Kabi daughters of Gilburri were abducted from K'gari and taken to Sydney. The eldest girl was named Kitty and she was approximately 15 years of age. The younger bub was called Maria and she was around 9 years old.
Shortly after arriving in Sydney, Kitty fell sick with influenza and would die 8 months later. 😰
Maria now all alone was sent to the Parramatta Female Orphan School to be trained as a domestic slave. There is not much written about Maria only that she spoke impeccable English, and was a very talented seamstress.
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