Nessa Ingrey
Nessa Ingrey is from the La Perouse Aboriginal Community situated on the northern arm of Botany Bay and lives on the former La Perouse Aboriginal Reserve. Nessa belongs to the Dharawal people of Coastal Sydney, Illawarra and Shoalhaven River and comes from a long line of Dharawal women from Kate Sims, Elizabeth Matthews, Minnie Broughton, Emma Timbery, Mary Lyons, Mary-Jane Walker, Susan Edwards and Esther Walker. Nessa is currently School Captain at Chifley Public School where she is developing leadership skills. Nessa enjoys swimming, netball, camping and playing cards.

Nessa Ingrey

Nessa snorkelling


Nessa & her dad Michael Ingrey
Nessa with grandparents, Vanessa Longbottom and Stephen Foster
Nessa with grandparents, Vanessa Longbottom and Stephen Foster
Nessa with her grandmother, Aunty Vanessa Longbottom
Nessa and Leighton Ingrey
Nessa at the beach


Nessa snorkelling
For more information on the Foster/Longbottom family tree, please see Shallan Foster and Venessa Longbottom’s stories.