Bessie Flower

Bessie Flower
Portrait of Bessie Flower as a child while at Annesfield.
Born
Elizabeth Flower

c. 1851
King George Sound, Western Australia
Died14 January 1895
OccupationTeacher
SpouseDonald Cameron

Bessie Flower or Bessie Cameron (c. 1851–1895) was a Minang Noongar woman from Albany, Western Australia. Flower was educated at Annesfield, and developed a strong connection to headmistress Anne Camfield. Throughout her life she fought for Aboriginal rights and to keep families together. In 1867 Flower relocated to the Ramahyuck Mission, in Gippsland, Victoria, where she worked as a teacher.

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