Surname:
Jemmy (Indigenous)
Place:
Brisbane Water (Cooranbong)
Details:
Used to shoot ducks for a livlihood. Sentenced to six months imprisonment for assaulting Mary Williams. Apprehended by Constable Dwyer in a camp of blacks 3 miles from Maitland
Surname:
Jemmy (Indigenous)
Source:
State Archives NSW; Kingswood, New South Wales; Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930; Ancestry
Details:
5ft 6in. Strong. Scars on back. Lost a front tooth. Speaks English well
Surname:
Jemmy (Indigenous)
Source:
Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition During the ..., Volume 2 By Charles Wilkes
Details:
Friday, 13th December, the morning being chilly, the blacks, who are very susceptible to cold, did not make their appearance till some hours after sunrise. At half-past eight our travellers set out in company with a troop of natives, headed by the two whom they had hired. The first of these was named Jemmy, the best-natured and most intelligent of all; the other was Big-headed Blackboy, who had got over his sulks. Jemmy refused to start until he had received a couple of shillings, which he forthwith converted into a loaf of bread and a bottle of grog. When about a mile from the town he asked permission to take a drink; and a cup of bark was produced from a thicket where it had been hidden, whereupon the contents of the bottle as well as the loaf were shared out among the troop. The two guides took no more than an equal portion; for, according to the custom of the natives, all share alike. The cup was made of a piece of the bark of the ti tree, which resembles that of the birch, about a foot square. The ends were folded in and tied together, to form a cavity of trough-like shape. Such cups are called by them taud& The path or cart-road they followed, passed through a hilly country covered with forests. The gum trees were the most prevalent, and many of them were of great size, growing close together without any underwood.
Surname:
Jemmy (Indigenous)
Details:
Five aboriginal natives of the Namoi and Big River tribes named Sandy, Billy, Jemmy, Cooper and King Jackey were found guilty of stealing from the dwelling house of John Brown, John Hector and Edward Trimmer, at the Namoi on 16 March 1839, clothing, pistols, blankets, gunpowder flour etc
Surname:
Jemmy (Indigenous)
Source:
State Archives NSW; Roll: 2371 Source Information Ancestry.com. NSW Gaol Description books
Details:
Born 1840, 5ft 5 1/4in. Slight build. Burn on back of fingers of right hand, marks of burns overright eyebrow and on side of left eyebrow
Surname:
Jemmy (Indigenous)
Place:
Cuerindie (Quirindi)
Source:
Three Expeditions Into the Interior of Eastern Australia: With ..., Volume 1 By Thomas Livingstone Mitchell p.28
Details:
Aborigine who guided Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell from Cuerindie to Wallamoul at the Peel River..... At half-past four I wished to encamp, and the natives having at length found a green mantling pool in the bed of the united channel of the two water-courses, we pitched our tents, at a place called Burandua. Bad as the water seemed to be, Jemmy soon obtained some which was both clear and cool, by digging a hole in the sand near the pool. This native was a quiet and sensible fellow— he steadily pursued the course he recommended for the wheelbarrows, as he termed our carts; and answered all my queries briefly and decidedly, either by a nod of assent, or the negative monosyllable Bel, with a shake of the head. His walk was extremely light and graceful; his shoulders were neatly knit, and the flowing luxuriance of his locks was restrained by a bit of half-inch cord, the two ends hanging, like a double queue, half way down his back. He was followed by his gin and a child, which she usually carried on her back, although it seemed old enough and able to walk.
Surname:
Jemmy (Indigenous)
Source:
Newcastle Gaol Entrance Book. State Archives NSW. Roll 136
Details:
Jemmy, Jackey and Billy admitted to Newcastle gaol from Muswellbrook on a charge of felony. Sent for trial and discharged by the court 14 December 1839
Surname:
Jemmy (Indigenous)
Source:
Dungog Chronicle 1 December 1905
Details:
From the Dungog Chronicle.....The following letters, addressed by D. F. Mackay to the Attorney General, on the 29th January, 1833, show that the authorities were active in pursuing natives in these parts : —Sir, — I do myself the honor to transmit three original depositions taken before this [Dungog] Bench to-day relative to an aboriginal black named Jemmy, who was fully committed to take his trial at the Supreme Court, being identified as one of a gang of blacks who committed so many outrages in this district, and for whom a reward was offered, by the Government (Government Gazette of the 15th July, 1835.) I also beg to transmit three affidavits taken before Major Croker, on the 4th and 5th July last, relative to that business, and to observe that Horrace and Alfield two of the deponents are in this district if required on the trial, and that Samuel Richards, the other deponent, is, as I am informed, committed for cattle-stealing. He was formerly an assigned servant to Mr Phillips, of the Paterson.
Surname:
Jemmy (Indigenous)
Source:
Newcastle Court of Petty Sessions, Bench Books, 1833-1836 (Ancestry)
Details:
Jemmy, Croasby, Finigan, Betsy and Mary, native blacks charged with drunkenness...Constable William Anthony testified....yesterday evening between five and six oclock the prisoners were drunk and quarrelling in the street. They were very noisy and disturbing the whole neighbourhood. No defence offered. They acknowledged to have been drunk and disorderly. Guilty. Sentenced to pay five shillings each or in default two hours in the stocks
Surname:
Jemmy (Indigenous)
Source:
State Archives NSW; Kingswood, New South Wales; Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930; Series: 2514; Item: 4/6437; Roll: 853
Details:
Cooper, Billy, Jemmy, Jackey, Sandy, admitted to Sydney gaol from Maitland, to be sent for trial. Transported to Cockatoo Island 3 October 1839
Surname:
Jemmy (Indigenous) Brisbane Water
Source:
R v. Monkey & Others
Details:
Aboriginal arraigned for burglary in the house of Alfred Hill Jacques. Guilty Sent to Goat Island
Surname:
Jemmy (Indigenous) Brisbane Water
Place:
Cooranbong in Brisbane Water district
Details:
Committed for trial for attempted rape on Mary Williams, a young married woman
Surname:
Jemmy (Miliga) (Indigenous)
Source:
State Library of NSW. Papers relating to Aborigines in the Singleton District, Blanket for Native Blacks, Colonial Secretarys Office
Details:
Age 22. On Return of Aborigines to receive blankets
Surname:
Jemmy (Rancommoolic) (Indigenous)
Source:
State Library of NSW. Papers relating to Aborigines in the Singleton District, Blanket for Native Blacks, Colonial Secretarys Office
Details:
On list of aborigines to receive blankets
Surname:
Jemmy (Talolban (Indigenous)
Place:
Cheshunt, Jerrys Plains
Source:
State Library of NSW. Papers relating to Aborigines in the Singleton District, Blanket for Native Blacks, Colonial Secretarys Office
Details:
On list of aborigines to receive blankets
Surname:
Jemmy (Wondaroumbie) (Indigenous)
Source:
State Library of NSW. Papers relating to Aborigines in the Singleton District, Blanket for Native Blacks, Colonial Secretarys Office
Details:
Age 21. On Return of Aborigines to receive blankets
Surname:
Jemmy and Richard Wiseman (Indigenous)
Details:
Natives of the Sugarloaf tribe apprehended for the murder of Jackey. Discharged
Surname:
Jemmy Ball (Indigenous)
Details:
Thomas Dickson Saunders found not guilty of the wilful murder of Jemmy Ball
Surname:
Jemmy Bungaree (Indigenous)
Source:
The Present state of Australia: A Description of the Country,etc and the manners, customs and condition of its aboriginal inhabitants ...Robert Dawson
Details:
Accompanied Robert Dawson on his journey north of Port Stephens in 1826
Surname:
Jemmy Jackass (Indigenous)
Place:
Sugarloaf Creek, Hunter River district
Details:
Forty pounds reward offered for the apprehension of the following men who stood charged with having committed rape and robbery at the farm of John Lynch at Sugar Loaf Creek on 5th November 1834.....Young Price, Charcoal s Brother or Dickey Charcoal, Bill or Miserable Billy, Mickey, Jemmy Jackass and Joe the Marine, all black natives
