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"The aborigines of the district assembled at Windsor Court House on the Queens Birthday for the yearly distribution of blankets. There does not appear to be any falling off in the number but are gradually losing their distinctive character…." The following are the names and ages of the Lower Portland tribe.

NAME	AGE
Elizabeth Captain	28
Margaret Shaw	23
Jane Shaw	6
Christian Shaw	5
An infant	1 week old
Sally Barber	23
Charles Cumber	50
Matilda	35
Joseph Frederick	3
Elizabeth Doyle	27
Bertie Nowland	24
Tottie Barber	3
Albert Shaw	3
Andrew Barker	26
Albert Andrew Barber	22
Henry Cubrer	25 (reads)
Margaret Cumber	30
Willie Cumber	12
Alfred E. Everingham	10
Emily Everingham	2
Sally Bowman	23
Tommy Cox	60
George Captain	37
Johnny Barber	55
Elizabeth Barber	24
Edward Barber	8
Charles Barber	6
Arthur Muley	4
Jane Barber	18
Boney Stewart	22
Rachel Lenart	23

TOTAL: 31

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Transcribed by Michelle Nichols - May 1994.