Photograph - Photograph - Colour, Clare Gervasoni, Amelia Parker and Joseph Parker's Headstone at the Franklinford Cemetery, 2015, 25/10/2015

Historical information

Joseph Parker was the son of Edward Stone Parker and Mary Cooke Parker, Protector of Aborigines at the Franklinford Aboriginal Protectorate.

Physical description

Parker Gravestone at Franklinford Cemetery

Inscriptions & markings

"In memory of Amelia, wife of Joseph Parker, Died 15th OCt. 1893, aged 71 years. Joseph Parker 1831-1917. Second son of the Protector Authority on Aboriginal Lore. Also, their children Francis Ware, died 23rd April 1862, aged 10 months. Mary Francis, Died 24th March 1866, aged 3 years.

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