George Augustus Robinson
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George Augustus Robinson was an English-born builder and self-trained preacher who was employed by the British colonial authorities to conciliate the Indigenous Australians of Van Diemen's Land and th
Robinson in 1853
Robinson with Tasmanian Aborigines
1835 painting by Thomas Bock of Robinson's guide Truganini
George Augustus Robinson
Truganini
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Truganini was an Aboriginal Tasmanian woman who was widely, though incorrectly, described as the last surviving Aboriginal Tasmanian. A member of the Nuenonne people, she grew up on Bruny Island in wh
George Augustus Robinson
…Diemen's Land and the Port Phillip District to the process of British colonization. In 1830, Robinson, with the guidance of Aboriginal Tasmanians such as Truganini and Woureddy, led what became known as "the friendly mission" around Van Diemen’s Land, which was organised to establish contact with the surviving…
Truganini, c. 1866
Violence between British settlers and Aboriginal Tasmanians during the Black War
1824 illustration of Ram Head Point near Bathurst Harbour
Governor Davey's Proclamation, a pictogram produced to explain martial law and promote conciliation