Jerry Jerome

USC184_0004
S.J.: Lynton McWatters. Well, her mother and father lived there, camped, no lived there. Her father had a bullock team there, and he used to pull into the north side of Woolgoolvber Creek. Well, old Gerry Jerome, the boxer, he had a hut there, and I think the Government had something to do with bring the hut for him. He did a bit of bosing [sic]. You might have heard of Gerry Jerome?

USC295_0003
While this chap lived on the Island. Jerry Jerome came to live there. He was an aboriginal boxer who went to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. They pensioned him off and he settled on Fraser Island. A little hut was built for him. He promptly chopped it up for firewood and built himself a gunya. He worked for the forestry and Dad used to give him a job every now and then, particularly when he wanted Cypress seed picked. Jerry was very good at that. He picked the seed on contract at so much a pound. He was a very lazy worker otherwise.

USC295_0009
By this time there were several Forestry employees - Chris Dam and family, George Holmes, Ben Harrop, Freddy Wondunna, Ken Webber, Frank Simpson, Jerry Jerome and of course Fred Epps.