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The monument commemorates Harry Chapman, a local aboriginal elder.
Location
| Address: | George Bass Drive & Kuppa Avenue, North west corner of Malua Bay Beach Reserve, Malua Bay, 2536 |
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| State: | NSW |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -35.79247 Long: 150.22959 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Monument |
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| Monument Theme: | People |
| Sub-Theme: | Indigenous |
Dedication
| Approx. Monument Dedication Date: | 1984 |
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The ‘Harry Chapman’ Aboriginal Midden Site
This site is of special meaning to South Coast aboriginals. Our forefathers of the Yuin tribe roamed and used this land. This area although now developed was once a traditional campsite. Our people would camp here and enjoy seafood and also roam into the bushland in search of plant and animal food.
Not far from this midden site is also a burial site and this burial site now desecrated and built on, has special spiritual significance to all aboriginal descendants.
Harry Chapman was a tribal elder who died some years back but is remembered for the standing he had in the community and for the history which he passed on.
Naming this site after him is our way of remembering the old times years ago when aboriginals were at home in this land.
Batemans Bay Local Aboriginal Land Council 1984
