Pauline Bartholomew was born in Moree in 1933 in a tent and lived most of her life around Inverell. Pauline's mother came from Terry Hie Hie. Pauline has six children.

She is a member of the Reconciliation group and worked on the project for the recognition of the area in Goonoowigall where Aboriginal families lived until the 1960s. The Nhunta Karra Kara Track was the culmination of this work which was opened in 2004.

Pauline has a great affinity to the land where she grew up and lived her early adult life.

Pauline will speak, along with Rosemary  Breen, at the Frozen in Time forum about the Nhunta Karra Kara Track