Uncle Paul Cummins and Uncle Mark Pietruszewski are local Aboriginal Elders whose descendants resided at Hill 60 Port Kembla. Uncle Paul and Uncle Mark are brothers and share the history of their ancestors and about their experiences growing up living in Warilla, fishing on Lake Illawarra and around Port Kembla and Windang. They share about their cultural connection to the water the importance of fishing and how these traditions have been passed down.    

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Keywords

Hill 60 -Port Kembla – Aboriginal Elders -Red Point- Boilers Point – Fisherman’s Beach – Windang – Coomaditchie – Lake Illawarra- Shirley Elizabeth Cummins – Percy Cummins – Ethel May Cummins – William Walker – Fishing.

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Photo Album

Uncle Paula and Uncle Mark, Warrawong.

Uncle Paul centre as a toddler with cousins Peter left and Michael right.

Uncle Mark as a baby on left with cousin Raylene.

P00910 Left to right Walker Family- Lousie (14), William (57), Mary Jane (2), James (4) and Margaret with baby Esther on her back.

Shirley Elizabeth Cummins (Mother)

Grandmother Ethel Cummins left with daughter Kate (Thelma).

Aunty Kate (Thelma -mothers sister) left and Ethel (maternal grandmother)..

Uncle Mark.

Brothers Uncle Paul and Uncle Mark, May 2024.