mudunama kundana wandaraba jarribirri: Judy Watson

Memories of Grace Isaacson JUDY WATSON IN CONVERSATION WITH FAMILY Judy Watson's grandmother, Grace Isaacson (née Camp), was born in 1912 under the Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act 1897 . When Grace was approximately five or six years old and working on Morstone Station, she was separated from her mother, Mabel Daly. Years later, Mabel found Grace living on May Downs Station. This is a transcribed excerpt from a conversation between Judy and her mother Joyce Watson and the following family members, who gathered on May Downs Station and in Mount Isa to share stories about Grace Isaacson: JOYCE WATSON (daughter of Grace); JUDY WATSON (granddaughter); KEITH (KIT) ISAACSON (son); KIM BYRNE (granddaughter); KERRY MORGAN (granddaughter); JULIE LOCCISANO (granddaughter); GREG LOCCISANO (Julie's husband); TERI DONALD (Julie and Greg's daughter); LLEYTON DONALD (Teri's daughter); and LISA WATSON (granddaughter). Donny (Jack) Daley and Grace Isaacson (brother and sister), Mount Isa family house 1990s OPPOSITE Lisa Watson, Grace Isaacson and Joyce Watson cooking steamed Christmas pudding in boiler, Mount Isa c.1993 80