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
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
John Pascoe Fawkner
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John Pascoe Fawkner was an early Australian pioneer, businessman and politician of Melbourne, Australia. In 1835 he financed a party of free settlers from Van Diemen's Land, to sail to the mainland in
John Pascoe Fawkner, Melbourne, 28 May 1862, State Library of NSW
Portrait of John Pascoe Fawkner, 1856, by William Strutt
William Strutt. Eliza Fawkner 1801–1879. State Library Victoria, Melbourne, Australia. H32027
The Enterprize, Fawkner's ship. State Library Victoria, Melbourne, Australia. H36536