Descent , Vol. 53, No. 3, September 2023, pp. 96–98 (Society of Australian Genealogists) Book Review September 2023 Abstract A heritage controversy in Brisbane’s Kangaroo Point in March 2023 becomes the starting point for tracing an unexpected historical connection between Australia and Jamaica. Focusing on Shafston House, the article follows the origins of its name to the New Shafston Estate in Jamaica, associated with the Pinnock family- an enslaving family whose descendant