Philomena Barry Philomena Barry i(A127194 works by)
Born: Established: Palm Island, Ingham area, Ingham - Cairns area, Queensland, ;
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal
(Storyteller) assertion
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BiographyHistory

Philomena Barry is an artist and storyteller from Bwgoman which is also know as Palm Island. Her father was a fisherman near Cooktown in Queensland who was arrested by the police and brought to Palm Island in the 1920s. Barry worked as a nurse before she was married.

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