Sarah CAMPBELL / FEEHAN

Born C.1876 ^[176]
Daughter of "Charlie" Charles CAMPBELL and Aboriginal woman Jinnie ^{[38] [40]}
Married (1) Matthew FEEHAN in Milo in 1889 ^[15]
     She and Matthew had four children together - Sarah Jane, Charles, Nellie Ellen and Matthew ^[15]
     In 1897 they were living in Arrino ^[6]
Grazier in Arrino 1903-1907 ^[6]
Partner of (2) Charles BROCKMAN ^[332]
     They had children James born in Arrino in 1903 and Robert born at Upper Irwin in 1904 ^[15]
     Their daughter Emma was born at Muggawa Spring in 1905 and died in Moora at the age of seven months in 1906 ^[15]
     While no father was listed on the birth registrations of their first three children, Charles was listed as their father when they died ^[15]
     After Emma they had another Emma in Three Springs in 1907, Frederick at Bluewater in 1914, and Charles in Arrino in 1915 ^[15]
     Their second daughter named Emma was baptised by the Church of England rector based in Dongara on 28 March 1907 ^[332]
     Their son Frederick died in Three Springs at the age of four months in 1914 and son Charles was stillborn in Arrino in 1915 ^[15]
In 1909 her address was Sheoak River ^[50]
During the hotter months of the year she, her sister and their mother would accompany her mother's people to the coast ^{[219: page 16]}
Her mother was a member of a group of Aboriginal people referred to by farming families as the Forked Thumb Tribe ^{[219: pages 13, 24]}
     At infancy the thumb of one hand was split from the nail as far as the first joint, which healed as two smaller thumbs ^{[219: page 13]}
     The group lived at a freshwater swamp known as Cooke Swamp in Dudawa, East Arrino for most of the year ^{[219: pages 13, 16]}
     During the hotter months of the year the group moved to near Cliff Head on the coast ^{[219: page 16]}
Her father, who was a pastoralist in Arrino, died in 1920 and in his will left her a quarter of his estate ^[38]
Later resided as a Pensioner in Mingenew ^[176]
Died 13 August 1949 in Three Springs; buried at 11 a.m. on 15 August 1949 at the Mingenew Cemetery in Mingenew ^{[15] [176]}

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