Yes, the Podcast is reached a hiatus while Chapter 13 draws to a close in real time.

But while we all patiently wait for the inevitable, please enjoy this audio rendition of an excerpt from the ANTHROPOLOGICAL CONNECTION REPORT, Family history and contemporary connection evidence, of the alleged GURlNGAI PEOPLE (South of the Hunter).

Highlights include:

• According to her death certificate, Charlotte Ashby was the daughter of John Smith, a shingle splitter and Sophia (surname not known).
• The name Smith is also recorded as Charlotte’s maiden name in Sarah Ashby’s 1852 birth certificate.
• The occupation nominated for Charlotte’s father is fitting with the occupations pursued by the early white settlers of Brisbane Water where Charlotte is said to have been born.
• There appears to be two extant versions of the 1835 Brisbane Water return, both dated 5 May and containing similar, yet not identical, details. Given the major difference seems to be in distinguishing those persons present from those absent it may be possible that one was an original and the other copied and modified before being formally forwarded to the Colonial Secretary. At a push, the second woman’s name on the less refined document, could be interpreted as Sophy.
• Her Aboriginal name is given as Bouranger. On the version which is held at State Archives {4/LO799.31, however, the name is unmistakably Sally.
• In this document it is additionally recorded that Sally was the gin of Jack Jones, an Aboriginal man.
• There seems to be no evidence to substantiate claims made that Sophy was the daughter of Bungaree, nor any account of how this came to be known.
• The listing of Charlotte’s mother/s name on her death certificate as Sophia and the naming of her youngest daughter as Sophy, seem to concur, however, the purported inclusion of the name Sophy on the 1835 Brisbane Water return represents an error. This woman is definitely named Sally.
• There is no evidence at hand to link Sally with Charlotte and nothing to affirmthat Charlotte was conceived as the result of a rape.
• There is no contemporaneous record of Charlotte’s birthplace.