Dictionary of Sydney

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Dawes, William

Officer of marines with the First Fleet, who set up an observatory, explored the Nepean, and became an authority on the Sydney language during his three years in the colony.

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Born
Portsmouth, England
1762
Died
Antigua, West Indies
1836
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1787 - 1788