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     Her married name was (?) Thomas. (?) Woretemoeteyenner was also known as Nimerana Palawa. (?) Woretemoeteyenner was also known as Watamutina.¹ She married John Thomas at Van Diemen's Land, Australia. (?) Woretemoeteyenner was born in 1797 at Georges River, Van Diemen's Land, Australia. As of 1810,her married name was (?) Briggs. She married George William Christopher Briggs in 1810 at Van Diemen's Land, Australia. (?) Woretemoeteyenner died on 13 October 1847 at Perth, Van Diemen's Land, Australia.¹

     John Thomas married (?) Woretemoeteyenner, daughter of (?) Mannalargenna and (?) Tanleeboneyer, at Van Diemen's Land, Australia. John Thomas was born in 1774 at Bristol, Somerset, England. He died in 1860 at Campbell Town, Tasmania, Australia.

     George William Christopher Briggs was Sealer at Bass Strait, Van Diemen's Land, Australia.¹ He was born on 31 December 1788 at Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England. He married (?) Woretemoeteyenner, daughter of (?) Mannalargenna and (?) Tanleeboneyer, in 1810 at Van Diemen's Land, Australia. George William Christopher Briggs lived on 24 September 1810 at Middlesex, England; Age: 18. He died on 11 July 1837 at Kingston, Van Diemen's Land, Australia, at age 48.

     (?) Neerhepeererminer was born circa 1800 at Van Diemen's Land, Australia. She died on 15 October 1837 at Van Diemen's Land, Australia.

     (?) Kartitteyer was born in 1805 at Van Diemen's Land, Australia. He died on 15 November 1837 at Flinders Island, Van Diemen's Land, Australia.

     (?) Wottecowidyer was born in 1808 at Cape Portland, Van Diemen's Land, Australia. She died in 1854 at Oyster Cove, Van Diemen's Land, Australia.

     James Thomas was born in 1828. He died in 1850.

     Phillip Thomas was born in 1831 at Van Diemen's Land, Australia. He died on 28 February 1915.

     Dalrymple Mountgarrett Briggs Dalrymple, Dolly (1808-1864)

by Ian McFarlane

This entry is from the Australian Dictionary of Biography

Dolly Dalrymple (c.1808-1864), Aboriginal matriarch, was born in theFurneaux Islands in Bass Strait, daughter of George Briggs, a sealerfrom Bedfordshire, England, and Woretemoeteyenner (also known as Pungor Margaret), who was the daughter of Mannarlargenna, a chieftain fromthe north-east of Van Diemen's Land. One of two Aboriginal womenabducted by Briggs, she bore him three children before he sold her toanother sealer John Thomas for a guinea. Three of her daughters,including Dolly, were adopted by European couples on the mainland andher younger son John remained in the islands to be cared for by JamesMunro, another sealer.

Dolly's foster parents Jacob Mountgarrett (1773-1828), the surgeon atPort Dalrymple, and his wife Bridget had her baptized Dalrymple on 18March 1814. The author Charles Jeffreys referred to her in 1820 as'Miss Dalrymple' and James Bonwick as Dolly Dalrymple, the name bywhich she has become known. Jacob Mountgarrett was in continualconflict with the authorities and notorious as a bad debtor, suspectedof cattle stealing and misappropriating stores and medicines. Hisadopted daughter, however, was taught all the necessary domesticskills, as well as reading and writing, and was quick to learn. About1825 she left the Mountgarretts, to live with a convict stockmanThomas Johnson (1801-1867), who worked at Dairy Plains near Deloraine.Born in Cambridgeshire, England, he had been convicted of burglary inDecember 1822 and sentenced to death, later commuted to transportationfor life.

On 24 September 1830 G. A. Robinson visited the family, which thenincluded two girls aged 6 and 2. Informed by a local stock-keeper thatmany Aborigines had recently been killed in the district, Robinsonalso recorded that Dalrymple had lived for a time with the notoriousmurderer Cubitt and had assisted him in the killing of Aborigines. On22 May 1831, perhaps in response to earlier grievances, a group ofAborigines mounted an attack on the Johnsons' hut while the mother wasalone with her children. Armed with a musket, she held off the attackfor six hours until help
arrived. As a reward, the government granted her twenty acres (8 ha)of land at nearby Perth, where Johnson erected a dwelling.

Dalrymple married Thomas Johnson on 29 October 1831 with Anglicanrites. In August 1836, only recently pardoned, Johnson received afurther seven-year prison sentence for receiving stolen wheat. Withfour children to support, his wife displayed great resourcefulness andtenacity in holding her family together. In October she petitionedGovernor Arthur, asking that her husband be assigned to her as aservant, but the request was refused. By 1841, with Johnson out ofgaol, conditions began to improve and Dalrymple requested that hermother, then at Wybalenna, on Flinders Island, be permitted to livewith her. The petition was granted and Woretemoeteyenner came to Perthto live with her daughter and seven grandchildren.

The family moved to the Mersey region in 1845 and Johnson, pardonedagain, took over the tenancy of the Frogmore estate. Prospering in thenew district, he purchased 500 acres (202.3 ha) south-west ofFrogmore, where he built the family home, Sherwood Hall. He became theowner of two hotels (the Native Youth Inn at Sherwood and theDalrymple Inn at Ballahoo), a coalmine (the Alfred colliery) and atimber exporting business. The family became one of the largestlandholders in the district and was well respected. Dalrymple was saidto be devoutly religious. She died on 1 December 1864 at Latrobe aged56, survived by her husband and ten of her thirteen children. In 1865the widower married a younger woman Marie Emma Bourne. He died on 3December 1867.

Select Bibliography
â—¾J. West, The History of Tasmania, A. G. L. Shaw ed (Syd, 1971)
â—¾B. C. Mollison, Tasmanian Aboriginal Genealogies, vol 3 (Hob, 1977)
â—¾C. Ramsay, With the Pioneers (Hob, 1979)
â—¾R. M. Fowler, The Furneaux Group, Bass Strait (Canb, 1980)
â—¾L. Robson, A History of Tasmania, vol 1 (Melb, 1983)
â—¾N. J. B. Plomley, Weep in Silence (Hob, 1987)
â—¾H. Felton, On Being Aboriginal, book 1 (Hob, 1984)
â—¾N. J. B. Plomley and K. A. Henley, The Sealers of Bass Strait and theCape Barren Island Community (Hob, 1990)
â—¾CSO 1/886/18804
(Archives Office of Tasmania).

Citation details

Ian McFarlane, 'Dalrymple, Dolly (1808-1864)', Australian Dictionaryof Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian NationalUniversity,http://ia.anu.edu.au/biography/dalrymple-dolly-12877/text23257,accessed 12 May 2016.
Her married name was Johnson. Her married name was Baker. She was born circa 1808 at Furneaux Islands, Bass Strait, Van Diemen's Land, Australia.¹ She was baptized on 18 March 1814. She married Thomas Baker in 1825. Dalrymple Mountgarrett Briggs married Thomas William Johnson on 29 October 1831 at Church of England, Longford, Van Diemen's Land, Australia. Dalrymple Mountgarrett Briggs died on 1 September 1864 at Sherwood, Tasmania, Australia.¹

     Thomas William Johnson was born on 22 June 1805 at Isleham, Cambridgeshire, England. He lived in July 1822 at Cheshire, England. He departed an unknown place 18 March 1823 England for Australia. He arrived in 1825 in New South Wales, Australia. He married Dalrymple Mountgarrett Briggs, daughter of George William Christopher Briggs and (?) Woretemoeteyenner, on 29 October 1831 at Church of England, Longford, Van Diemen's Land, Australia. Thomas William Johnson died on 3 November 1867 at Sherwood, Tasmania, Australia, at age 62.

     Thomas Baker was born in 1801 at Somerset, England. He married Dalrymple Mountgarrett Briggs, daughter of George William Christopher Briggs and (?) Woretemoeteyenner, in 1825.

     Eliza Briggs was born in 1817 at Van Diemen's Land, Australia.¹ She died in 1837 at Van Diemen's Land, Australia.¹

     Mary Briggs was born in 1818 at Van Diemen's Land, Australia.¹ She died in 1839 at Van Diemen's Land, Australia.¹

     John Briggs was born in 1820 at Van Diemen's Land, Australia.¹ He died in 1879 at Tasmania, Australia.¹

     Sarah Baker Briggs Johnson was born on 23 August 1828 at Dairy Plains, Van Diemen's Land, Australia. She died on 12 January 1837 at Perth, Van Diemen's Land, Australia, at age 8.

     William Johnson was born on 9 July 1833 at Van Diemen's Land, Australia. He died on 6 November 1848 at Van Diemen's Land, Australia, at age 15.

     Thomas Johnson was born on 1 June 1834 at Perth, Van Diemen's Land, Australia. He died in 1855 at Tasmania, Australia.

     Caroline Johnson was born on 8 November 1836 at Perth, Van Diemen's Land, Australia.

     John George Johnson was born on 13 January 1839 at Perth, Van Diemen's Land, Australia. He died on 12 October 1898 at Tasmania, Australia, at age 59.

     Lewis James Johnson was born in 1841 at Perth, Van Diemen's Land, Australia. He died in 1922.

     Mary Anne Johnson was born on 16 May 1843 at Launceston, Van Diemen's Land, Australia.

     Charlotte Johnson was born on 21 March 1845 at Longford, Van Diemen's Land, Australia. She died on 14 May 1887 at Latrobe, Van Diemen's Land, Australia, at age 42.

     Alfred William Johnson was born on 5 May 1849 at Port Sorell, Van Diemen's Land, Australia. He died in 1898.

     Sarah Johnson was born on 3 June 1851 at Port Sorell, Van Diemen's Land, Australia. She died on 4 February 1892 at Mersey, Van Diemen's Land, Australia, at age 40.

     Walter James Johnson was born on 3 June 1854 at Port Sorell, Van Diemen's Land, Australia. He died on 1 September 1855 at Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia, at age 1.

     Her married name was Woods. Lydia Richards Medling was born in 1858 at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She married James Woods, son of John Woods and Sarah Ablett, on 14 February 1878 at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Lydia Richards Medling died on 3 August 1920 at Sale, Victoria, Australia.

     Harold John Ablett Woods was born in 1879 at Sale, Victoria, Australia.⁴ He married Elizabeth Jane Roberts in 1916 at Victoria, Australia;
Harold Jno Ablett Woods
in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950

Name:
Harold Jno Ablett Woods

Spouse Name:
Jane Elizth Robert

Marriage Place:
Victoria

Registration Place:
Victoria

Registration Year:
1916

Registration Number:
5533.³
Harold John Ablett Woods lived in 1919 at Sale, Victoria, Australia. He lived in 1924 at Sale, Victoria, Australia. He lived in 1931 at Sale, Victoria, Australia. He died in October 1947 at Sale, Victoria, Australia.

     Her married name was Woods. Elizabeth Jane Roberts was born in 1887 at Victoria, Australia. She lived in 1909 at Victoria, Australia. She lived in 1914 at Sale, Victoria, Australia. She married Harold John Ablett Woods, son of James Woods and Lydia Richards Medling, in 1916 at Victoria, Australia;
Harold Jno Ablett Woods
in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950

Name:
Harold Jno Ablett Woods

Spouse Name:
Jane Elizth Robert

Marriage Place:
Victoria

Registration Place:
Victoria

Registration Year:
1916

Registration Number:
5533.¹
Elizabeth Jane Roberts lived in 1937 at Sale, Victoria, Australia. She died on 28 February 1942 at Sale, Victoria, Australia.