James Morrill (castaway)
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James Morrill was an English sailor aboard the vessel Peruvian which became shipwrecked off the coast of north-eastern Australia in 1846. He survived a journey in a makeshift raft to the mainland near
Jemmy Morrill and the Brolgas by Lindsay Daen in 1993. It is located in the City Botanic Gardens, Brisbane.
William Buckley (convict)
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William Buckley, also known as the "wild white man", was an English bricklayer, and served in the military until 1802, when he was convicted of theft. He was then transported to Australia, where he he
James Morrill (castaway)
…a few Europeans to have lived extensively within traditional Aboriginal Australian society. Other colonial figures who had similar experiences include William Buckley and Narcisse Pelletier. Revised editions of his memoirs were reprinted several times up to 1896, and a few biographies have since been published. Author…
William Buckley, State Library Victoria, H30879
Buckley's transportation and escape as depicted by 19th-century Aboriginal artist Tommy McRae
Aboriginal Australians of Port Phillip, Victoria
Frederick William Woodhouse, The first settlers discover Buckley, 1861, H26103 State Library Victoria