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Date(s)
- 1832 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
1 letter, and typed copy
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
George Augustus Robinson (1791-1866), protector of Aboriginals, was born on 22 March 1791 probably in London, a younger son of William Robinson, a builder in Boston, Lincolnshire, and his wife Susannah, née Perry, of Yeovil, Somerset. For more ... »
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Presented to the Royal Society of Tasmania by P. McCallum of Dunedin, 1920
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Letter from George Augustus Robinson dated 16 August 1832 to Rev. Henry Dowling, Baptist minister, V.D.L., reporting that he had removed 23 aborigines from the main territory to Hunter Island in Bass Strait , with a brief description of the Hunter Island ... »
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing reproduction
This material is made available for personal research and study purposes under the University of Tasmania Standard Copyright Licence. For any further use permission should be obtained from the copyright owners. For assistance please contact Special.Collections@utas.edu.au
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Dates of creation revision deletion
2020