Catalino Torres was born in 1875 in Manila, Philippines. He arrived in
Australia on June 1884, marrying Matilda Ida Tiolbadonga in Beagle Bay
four years later in 1898. He had had four children with Matilda, who was
of Jabirr Jabirr and Bard ancestry.

Sally Bin Demin, one of the narrators, is the granddaughter
of Catalino Torres. Her mother, Mary Barbara, along
with her sister Bella Lynott, were taken to Beagle Bay in
1909 as children because of the government policy which
removed half-caste children from their Aboriginal mothers.
They were placed in missions of governmental institutions.

Joseph, one of Catalino Torres’ children, married Irene
Drummond in Broome. They had four children.