TOMAHAWK JOE' real name Kazan Champion, was an American, graduated with a BSc, served in Canadian Mounties and was sheriff at El Paso.

On ThisDay 16 February 1938, unknown model poses with local gunslinging Boat Harbour resident 'Tomahawk Joe' at his beachside shack. 


Just one of the many shacks located in the Sydney shanty town "paradise", where residents have no electricity or running water, no mail and no insurance.

BOAT HARBOUR is a small beach located on the south-eastern side of the Kurnell Peninsula in Sydney. The tight-knit community of beachside shacks, built on Sydney’s only privately owned beach (owned by the Holt family since 1860) has existed "off the books" since it first emerged next to the towering sand dunes of the Kurnell Peninsula, during the Depression.

 At it’s height there were as many as 200 homes there — Since then it has dwindled to around 25 basic cabins that have passed from one generation to the next, picking up a few mod cons such as solar panels along the way.

'TOMAHAWK JOE' real name Kazan Champion, was an American, graduated with a BSc, served in Canadian Mounties and was sheriff at El Paso. He was 2m tall and sought after for minor roles in silent movies.

 Came to Australia in 1914, living with indigenous people in Queensland for6 years, moved to Sydney, then Newcastle where he lived in Jesmond. He performed at carnivals with knives, tomahawks and guns. He wore a gun belt with bullets and a Webley revolver.


Photo courtesy State Library of NSW
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