Dictionary of Sydney

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Threlkeld, Lancelot Edward

Missionary and Congregational minister who established a mission for Aboriginal people at Lake Macquarie where he wrote several well regarded studies of Aboriginal language. Living in Sydney later in life, he continued to champion victims of discrimination.

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Born
Southwark, Surrey, England
20 Oct 1788
Died
Sydney
10 Oct 1859
Buried
12 Oct 1859
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Relative of
Spouse
20 Oct 1824 - 1853
Business partner
1852 - 1859