Superintendents house and garden at Barambah Aboriginal Settlement c1930

Semple (holding spade) and his wife are keen gardeners. With an ample supply of water from Barambah Creek, they grow roses, English daisies and larkspurs. With him are the Aboriginal gardeners and yardsmen assigned to the white officials to work in their gardens three days a week. The Aboriginal housekeeper stands at the flagpole and an Aboriginal housemaid stands on the porch with one of his children.

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