Bob and Jack / by Peter Coutts and Jane Wesson, 1984. 1984.

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Bob and Jack / by Peter Coutts and Jane Wesson, 1984. 1984.

History of five Tasmanian Aborigines, Maulboyheenner (Bob), Tunnerminnerwait (Jack), Truganini, Maria Mathilda and Fanny; their involvement with George Augustus Robinson in removal of Tasmanian Aborigines to Flinders Island and later association with him at Port Phillip; their attacks on settlers at Westernport and account of their capture from extracts from Journal of William Thomas 1841; trial and execution of Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner in Melbourne, 1842.

1 box; ill., maps, ports.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7240131

Libraries Australia

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Thomas, William, 1791-1867

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Coutts, P. J. F. (Peter J. F.)

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Jean-Baptiste Paulin Caperon (better known in California as Peter Coutts), was a successful French businessman, book collector and editor of the republican, anti-royalist paper, LA LIBERTEĢ. Political disputes and health problems caused him to leave France and take up residence in California. In 1875 Caperon, now known as Peter Coutts, purchased 1,400 acres just north of Mayfield and named it Rancho Matadero. Coutts returned to Europe in 1880 to reclaim his confiscated estates and Rancho Matader...

Truganini, 1803-1876.

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Robinson, George Augustus, -1866

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Maulboyheenner.

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