George Augustus Robinson

thumb| George Augustus Robinson (22 March 1791 – 18 October 1866) was an English-born builder and self-trained preacher who was employed by the British colonial authorities to conciliate the Indigenous Australians of Van Diemen's Land and the Port Phillip District to the process of British colonization. Quotes From the friendly reception I met with at this river I call it Friendly River. When I reflect how these people had been calumniated and had every vice attributed to them [the aborigines], when I reflect upon the dire alarm that pervades the settlements of this island on account of them, it may appear a matter of surprise to many that I should sojourn with thirty-three of them for nights together, the only white man in the recluse of the forest, far from my people and the means of protection. Journey entry (15 March 1830), in N. J. B. Plomley, Friendly Mission (Hobart: Tasmanian Historical Research Association, 1966), p. 137 External links Category:1791 births Category:1866 deaths Category:Non-fiction authors from England Category:People of colonial Australia