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Coomindah, Mary Ann (c. 1865–1929)

gdanja (herbalist), healer, and domestic servant

Mary Ann,

Mary Ann,

Queenslander, 29 September 1917, p 21

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Mary Ann,

Mary Ann,

Queenslander, 29 September 1917, p 21

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Birth

c. 1865
Channel Country, Queensland, Australia

Death

January, 1929 (aged ~ 64)
Betoota, Queensland, Australia

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