Papers. [between 1979 and 1986]

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Papers. [between 1979 and 1986]

The Hornet Bank tragedy: an account of the Hornet Bank Station conflict between Aborigines and White settlers with casualties on both sides, in the Dawson River district of Queensland in 1857; undated, with notes by J.O. Randell, 1979. Also a letter, 13 July 1840, to William Henry Yaldwyn from W. Lonsdale re duties as Sub Treasurer of Port Phillip. Plus transcript of letter prepared by J.O. Randell, 1979.

8 p. (0.5 cm.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7039595

Libraries Australia

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Lonsdale, William, 1799-1864

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Captain William Lonsdale, of the Fourth King's Own Regiment, was the first administrator and Police Magistrate of Port Phillip (1836). Born in England in [1799], he joined the Army in 1819 and arrived in Sydney in 1831, becoming a Captain in the King's Own Regiment in 1834. He arrived in the Port Phillip District by HMS "Rattlesnake" on the 29th September, 1836. He married Martha, eldest daughter of Benjamin Smythe, of Van Diemen's Land, after whom Mount Martha was named. During the visit of the...

Yaldwyn, William.

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William Yaldwyn and his father William Henry Yaldwyn were living at the adjoining property "Taroom Station" at the time of the Hornet Bank Station massacre. From the description of Papers. [between 1979 and 1986] (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 223103026 ...

Randell, John Ormond, 1926-

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