History in Black and White

Photo: Len Brown collection

Len Brown, an Australian of Aboriginal and Norwegian descent in the year 2000.
Len Brown's many unsuspecting relatives in Norway, who had no knowledge of the Australian branch of their family until Len contacted them, held a reunion for him in 1997. About 50 or 60 people attended, welcoming him as part of their extended family.

In a paper he calls "History in Black and White - Len Brown's family forest" he says:

Len Brown, 'white as a fridge', is descended from the Greens of Rylstone. He's been researching his family for the last twenty years.

Jimmy and Peggy Lambert from the Cudgegond /Rylstone area, are known locally as the 'last' of the Dabee. And yet Peggy, in particular, is the head of a large family of descendents, mny of whom still reside in the Rylstone area.

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