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| Layer Id | 1354 | Name | Humanitarians in the Antipodes: Flinders Island |
| 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 several visits to Flinders Island, Van Dieman'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 | 1832-09-25 |
| Temporal To | 1832-10-19 | Created At | 2024-06-18 17:40:42 |
| Updated At | 2024-06-18 17:41:31 | Ghap Url | https://tlcmap.org/layers/1354 |
| Statistic | Value | Unit |
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Total Places
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26 | - |
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Area
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19150.717677342 | km2 |
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Convex Hull
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POLYGON((148.0104781 -43.25310792,147.7958065 -43.24606476,147.3433069 -42.88644076,147.8737417 -40.01704571,147.9382045 -40.03768615,148.020005 -40.13665018,148.3964847 -41.43001048,148.0104781 -43.25310792)) | - |
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Density
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0.0013576514696763 | places/km2 |
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Centroid
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POINT(147.99775531153847 -40.83719635076924) | - |
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Bounding Box
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POLYGON((147.3433069 -43.25310792,147.3433069 -40.01704571,148.3964847 -40.01704571,148.3964847 -43.25310792,147.3433069 -43.25310792)) | - |
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Most Central Place
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On Preservation Island sealer James Munro and Aboriginal woman 'Jumbo' raised 'wheat, potatoes, and other vegetables near his house', reared 'goats, pigs and fowls', collected birds and their eggs. | - |
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Most Distant Place from center
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Near Cape Pillar the cutter Charlotte 'fell in with the barque Bolina, of London, on her passage from New Zealand'. | - |
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Distribution
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kilometers |
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Start Date
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1832-09-25 | - |
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End Date
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1832-10-19 | - |
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Duration
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0.07 | years |
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Median Date
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1832-10-10 | - |
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Average Date
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1832-10-09 | - |