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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
Total Places
26 -
Area
19150.717677342 km2
Convex Hull
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)) -
Density
0.0013576514696763 places/km2
Centroid
POINT(147.99775531153847 -40.83719635076924) -
Bounding Box
POLYGON((147.3433069 -43.25310792,147.3433069 -40.01704571,148.3964847 -40.01704571,148.3964847 -43.25310792,147.3433069 -43.25310792)) -
Most Central Place
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. -
Most Distant Place from center
Near Cape Pillar the cutter Charlotte 'fell in with the barque Bolina, of London, on her passage from New Zealand'. -
Distribution
  • Average Distance from Centroid: 106.30654168571
  • Average Distance from Centroid / Area of Convex Hull: 0.0055510474059925
kilometers
Start Date
1832-09-25 -
End Date
1832-10-19 -
Duration
0.07 years
Median Date
1832-10-10 -
Average Date
1832-10-09 -