Maria Lock

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Maria Lock was a prominent early 19th-century Aboriginal woman of the Darug people, known for being one of the first Aboriginal Australians to receive formal schooling and for successfully petitioning colonial authorities for land grants.

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instanceOf Australian Aboriginal woman
Darug person
historical figure
achievement top marks in the 1819 anniversary examinations of the Native Institution
associatedWith St John’s Anglican Church, Parramatta
St Luke’s Anglican Church, Liverpool
colonial New South Wales government
baptismDate 1819
baptismPlace St John’s Church, Parramatta
burialPlace St Luke’s Church, Liverpool
commemoratedBy historical studies of Aboriginal women in colonial New South Wales
local heritage recognition in Blacktown
countryOfCitizenship Australia
dateOfBirth c. 1805
dateOfDeath 6 June 1878
educatedAt Native Institution, Blacktown
Native Institution, Parramatta
ethnicity Darug
linked to: Darug people
father Yarramundi
hasHeritageSignificance Blacktown Native Institution site
knownFor early Aboriginal participation in colonial education
mediating between Aboriginal communities and colonial society
landGrantRecipient Blacktown area, New South Wales
legalStatus first Aboriginal woman in New South Wales known to have successfully petitioned for land
marriageDate 1824
marriagePlace St John’s Church, Parramatta
nativeLanguage Darug language
notableFor being one of the first Aboriginal Australians to receive formal European-style schooling
early Aboriginal engagement with the colonial legal system
successfully petitioning colonial authorities for land grants
numberOfChildren at least 10
occupation farmer
landholder
petitioned Governor of New South Wales
petitionedFor additional land in her own right
grant of her late brother Colebee’s land
placeOfBirth Parramatta, New South Wales
linked to: Parramatta
placeOfDeath Liverpool district, New South Wales
relative Colebee
Yarramundi
religion Christianity
residence Blacktown, New South Wales
linked to: Blacktown

Liverpool district, New South Wales
sibling Colebee
spouse Daniel Webber
Robert Lock
timePeriod early 19th century

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Yarramundi child Maria Lock
Yarramundi relative Maria Lock