Mary Jane Cain

Mary Jane Cain
Memorial plaque to Mary Jane Cain.
Born
Mary Jane Griffin

(1844-02-18)February 18, 1844
Toorawandi Station, NSW
Died29 July 1929(1929-07-29) (aged 85)
Burra Bee Dee, NSW
NationalityAustralian
Other namesQueenie Cain

Mary Jane Cain (1844–1929) was a community leader, a Gomeroi woman who lived in the Coonabarabran region of New South Wales. She was born in 1844 and was instrumental in the establishment of the Burra Bee Dee Aboriginal Reserve in 1912 and came to be known as the Queen of Burrabeedee or "Queenie Cain".

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