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| Layer Id | 1357 | Name | Humanitarians in the Antipodes: Newcastle & the Hunter Valley |
| 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 their excursions around Newcastle and the Hunter Region in New South Wales. |
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 | 1836-04-22 |
| Temporal To | 1836-07-19 | Created At | 2024-06-24 19:08:41 |
| Updated At | 2024-06-24 19:12:36 | Ghap Url | https://tlcmap.org/layers/1357 |
| Statistic | Value | Unit |
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Total Places
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30 | - |
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Area
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10893.583147501 | km2 |
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Convex Hull
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POLYGON((151.212154 -33.86716729,151.2118811 -33.86713358,150.8887801 -32.26325832,150.8564447 -32.04716654,151.9681079 -32.40597528,152.0145581 -32.6663159,151.212154 -33.86716729)) | - |
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Density
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0.0027539148133167 | places/km2 |
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Centroid
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POINT(151.56205307666667 -32.857497601666665) | - |
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Bounding Box
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POLYGON((150.8564447 -33.86716729,150.8564447 -32.04716654,152.0145581 -32.04716654,152.0145581 -33.86716729,150.8564447 -33.86716729)) | - |
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Most Central Place
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Backhouse & Walker 'visited a detachment of fourteen men, belonging to a bridge and road-party, at the Iron-bark Creek, about eight miles from Newcastle, toward Maitland'. This group 'were gathered up' and 'at length collected in an overseer's hut' where Backhouse & Walker 'were strengthened to extend to them an invitation to turn to the Lord.' | - |
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Most Distant Place from center
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While staying in Sydney, Backhouse and Walker were 'much occupied in sending books, and tracts to persons' whom they had visited over the course of their journey. | - |
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Distribution
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kilometers |
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Start Date
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1836-04-22 | - |
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End Date
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1836-07-31 | - |
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Duration
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0.27 | years |
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Median Date
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1836-06-17 | - |
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Average Date
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1836-06-13 | - |