Early Life In the early days Noongar men and women worked in many different kinds of employment. One of the first records of Noongar working was in the Guilford community in 1841. Two Noongar people, Molly Dobbin and Djoogan, became Police Constables. Bessy Flower was born in 1851 in King George’s Sound, Albany. Her parents worked for Henry and Ann Camfield, who set-up an Anglican School in 1852, aimed at civilizing and Christianizing Noongar children. The school became known as ‘Annesfield’. Bessy was educated there, along with her siblings, until she was 16. She spoke French, played the harmonium (similar to a reed organ) and chess. In 1864, she was sent to a Church of England ‘model school’ in Sydney, where she excelled at singing and piano. On returning to Annesfield in 1866, Bessy became a teacher’s assistant and a role-model to younger Noongar children. She also worked as an organist at a local Anglican Church. Later Life In later years, Noongar people were mainly employed as labourers and domestic workers undertaking the following work: Clearing land Domestic service Farming Guiding European expeditions Hunting and selling rabbit, possum and kangaroo skins Shearing Shepherds Tracking Whaling (Albany)  “We’d go from farm … Continue reading Work