TitleRosie JohnsonPhoto Number001287Datec.1860DescriptionRosie Russell was born at Lake Illawarra. She was named 'Queen' Rosie by European settlers living in Shellharbour, as she was married to Mickey Johnson, who they 'crowned' as leader of the Aboriginal people in the area in 1896.
According to Stan Thomas in his book 'Three Score Year and Ten', in the early days when the Atchison family farmed at Bass Point, the local tribe spent the summer months there. Clorinda Atchison told how Rosie would bring members to dress their sores and wounds, while Rosie herself was very fond of Clorinda's baked custards.
In her old age, members of the public erected and furnished a small cabin at Minnamurra.
