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Friendly mission : the Tasmanian journals and papers of George Augustus Robinson 1829-1834

by George Augustus Robinson, N J B Plomley

A diary recording travels across Van Diemen's Land and interactions with Indigenous peoples. It documents the organised efforts to persuade communities to relocate to offshore islands.

Accession 7572 ISBN 9780977557226 Publisher Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery with Quintus
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