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Main Title:	A cloud of hapless foreboding : Assistant Protector William Thomas and the Port Phillip aborigines 1839-1840 / William Thomas, edited and with commentary by Richard Cotter.
Author:	Thomas, William, 1791-1867 Cotter, Richard.
Imprint:	Sorrento, Vic. : Nepean Historical Society, 2005.
Collation:	85 p. : ill., portrait, maps, pbk ; 22 cm.

Subject:	Thomas, William, 1791-1867 Protectors of aborigines Biography Diaries and journals First Nations Australians Victoria
Notes:	William Thomas was assistant protector of aboriginals in the Port Phillip, Westernport and Gippsland districts of Victoria from 1839 to 1849> he was then appointed guardian of the Counties of Bourke, Mornington and Evelyn from 1850-60. Thomas was known to the aborigines as Marminata (Good Father).

Result	Collection	Location	Shelf No	Status	Notes
	Non-Fiction	Main Library	305.801 VIC BIO THO	Available

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