Unknown Boorooberongal (1827 - abt. 1863)

Born 1827 in Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Died about 11 May 1863 at about age 36 in Kooroom, Condamine, Western Downs, Queensland, Australia [uncertain]

Biography

Samuel Boorooberongal is an Indigenous Australian.

The birth of the person represented in this profile was registered in 1827. ^{[1] [2]}

He was a Darug man of the Boorooberongal clan and known to be the son of Colebee and Kitty. When his birth was registered, he was bestowed with the English name of Samuel, followed by the 'first name' of his father. ^[1] In the colonial birth records of many male (and sometimes female) First Nations people, an English name was often connected to the name known for the father of the child, in this case, Coleby (sic). ^[3]

This is how he became known as 'Aboriginal Samuel Coleby' ^[2] on his birth certificate, which represents the name given to him when his birth was registered, not necessarily when he was born.

His cultural or proper first name, which would based on his roles of Colebee and Kitty, remains either unknown, unrecorded, or disrupted by colonial practices. His clan name is considered to be Boorooberongal.

According to the website A History of Aboriginal Study, Samuel Colebee is recorded as living with the Richmond tribe (sic) at Camden in 1851 ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} New South Wales Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Birth Certificate 867/1827 V1827867 128 Name: ABORIGINAL SAMUEL Father: COLEBY Mother: KITTY District; not listed
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} New South Wales Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Birth Certificate 1003/1827 V18271003 125 128 Name: ABORIGINAL SAMUEL COLEBY Father: SAMUEL COLEBY Mother: KITTY District: not listed
3. ↑ Mackett, P. J. (1989) N.S.W. Birth, Death and Marriages - references to Aborigines from 1788 to 1905: accessed 25 Feb 2020; cited in Centre for Indigenous Family History Studies [website]
4. ↑ https://historyofaboriginalsydney.edu.au/south-west/birth-samuel-colbee; citing Brooks and Kohen (1991)