photographer
James Dawson.
Australian pastoralist and champion of Aboriginal interests (1806–1900)
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About James Dawson
James Dawson was a prominent champion of Aboriginal interests. He was born at Bonnytoun, Linlithgow, Scotland, the son of a whisky distiller. He arrived in Hobsons Bay, Port Phillip, Australia on 2 May 1840 with his wife Joan Anderson Park, niece of Mungo Park. He tried dairy farming in the Yarra valley for a time but moved to broader pastures in the Port Fairy district in 1844. For the next 22 years Dawson was in partnership in a cattle and sheep station, "Cox's Heifer Station" later named Kangatong, some 10 miles east of Macarthur.
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- photographer
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- July 5, 1806
- Died
- April 19, 1900