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| Layer Id | 1348 | Name | Humanitarians in the Antipodes: Circular Head to Woolnorth |
| Description | A visualisation of the investigative tours of British Quakers, James Backhouse and George Washington Walker, who were 'travelling under concern' in the Southern oceans in 1830s. This section relates to the northwest corner of Van Diemen's Land. |
Subject Keywords | colonialism, religious society of friends, quakers, colonial history, james backhouse, george washington walker, transnational human rights activism |
| Type | Journey | Creator | Penny Edmonds |
| Contact | penny.edmonds@flinders.edu.au | Source Url | https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634 |
| Language | English | Temporal From | 1832-10-29 |
| Temporal To | 1832-11-01 | Created At | 2024-06-17 15:28:27 |
| Updated At | 2024-06-27 15:36:01 | Ghap Url | https://tlcmap.org/layers/1348 |
| Statistic | Value | Unit |
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Total Places
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16 | - |
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Area
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968.21215795607 | km2 |
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Convex Hull
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POLYGON((145.3020921 -40.77481005,144.6849701 -40.68291812,144.6531362 -40.38150457,144.655887 -40.37766568,145.295566 -40.76010871,145.3042082 -40.76772837,145.3020921 -40.77481005)) | - |
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Density
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0.01652530374518 | places/km2 |
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Centroid
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POINT(144.82316757640896 -40.63448672625067) | - |
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Bounding Box
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POLYGON((144.6531362 -40.77481005,144.6531362 -40.37766568,145.3042082 -40.37766568,145.3042082 -40.77481005,144.6531362 -40.77481005)) | - |
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Most Central Place
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Introduction to Jackey, an Aboriginal woman 'interesting appearance, neatly dressed, and having her hair cut off, according to the common custom'. Jackey, who had had been living with sealers on Stack Island, had a 'mild expression' 'beclouded by sadness'. She spoke seldomly and 'in a low tone'. The sealers 'appeared to treat her kindly, but there was something in their manners that excited suspicion'. Jackey was a country woman of Jumbo, with whom she 'laughed heartily and entered freely into conversation'. Jackey agreed to be relocated to Flinders Island. | - |
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Most Distant Place from center
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Proper, an Aboriginal man traveling with W.J. Darling, was described as being of the country near Circular Head' | - |
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Distribution
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kilometers |
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Start Date
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1832-10-30 | - |
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End Date
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1832-11-01 | - |
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Duration
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0 | years |
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Median Date
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1832-11-01 | - |
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Average Date
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1832-11-01 | - |