NRS-1 | Semi-official papers of Mr G.A. Robinson, Chief Protector of Aborigines

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G.A. Robinson was appointed to the position of Chief Protector of Aborigines at Port Phillip (administered by the Colonial Secretary) in 1838, having had extensive though unsuccessful experience with Aborigines in Van Diemen's Land, including a settlement at Flinders Island. He spent nearly 11 years at Port Phillip until the Protectorate was abolished on 31 December 1849.

These papers comprise printed returns, testimonials, Acts and Regulations and various missionary publications (including Aboriginal language vocabularies and grammars) relating to the Aboriginal question in New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, Victoria and South Australia.

SR Document No.64 is a poster giving notice of the first meeting of the Australian Aborigines Protection Society to be held on 13 October 1838; SR Document No.90 is a printed copy of the Van Diemen's Land Almanac (1836).

(4/21, Map 6234, SR Document Nos. 64 and 90). 1 box, 1 Map, 2 documents.

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This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales. 3rd edition, 2000.