Emma Timbery

[4] The couple had moved to La Perouse by 1882 where Timbery was able to make extra money creating shell baskets.

[3] Timbery's shellwork was displayed on a regular basis and sold annually in Sydney at the Royal Easter Show.

"[1][5] Timbery was also a skilled fisher,[1] and on at least two occasions, in 1876[7] and in the early 1900s,[1] a boat was provided for the community to enable them to catch their own fish.

[5] Maria Nugent writes that Timbery's "information has been essential for the preservation and revival of the Dharawal language.

[4] It was believed by the community that Queen Victoria had left lands to Timbery, but the paperwork had been destroyed in a fire.