Correspondence. 1839-1864.

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Correspondence. 1839-1864.

Includes correspondence with G.A. Robinson, 1842-1848; and letters to Sir Edward Deas Thomson, the Colonial Secretary of New South Wales; Sir George Gipps, the Governor of New South Wales; George Augustus Robinson, the Chief Protector of Aborigines at Port Phillip; and miscellaneous. The letters discuss La Trobe's arrival in Port Phillip; relations between Aborigines and European settlers; land sales; the incorporation of Melbourne; the exploration of Gippsland; public works; and government appointments and resignations.

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