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4 unusual facts about George Augustus Robinson


George Augustus Robinson

There is a reference to Robinson in the book "The Lost Diamonds of Killiecrankie" by Gary Crew and Peter Gouldthorpe, and in Following the Equator, by Mark Twain.

Robert Drewes' 'Savage Crows' also incorporates the work of Robinson into the plot.

Semi-fictional accounts of Robinson's travels are included in Matthew Kneale's book English Passengers and in T.C. Boyle's short story "The Extinction Tales".

Joseph Barnard Davis

He purchased Australian portraits collected by George Augustus Robinson in 1867 from Robinson's widow.


Edward Stone Parker

Edward Stone Parker (1802–1865) was a Methodist preacher and assistant Protector of Aborigines in the Aboriginal Protectorate established in the Port Philip District of colonial New South Wales under George Augustus Robinson in 1838.


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