Person

Dunlop, Eliza Hamilton (1796 - 1880)

Born
1796
County Armagh, Ireland
Died
20 June 1880
Wollombi, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Ethnographer

Summary

Eliza Dunlop wrote verses that were published in various magazines. Her husband was a police magistrate and protector of Aborigines at Wollombi and Macdonald River and she took interest in the welfare of the Aborigines, as well as recognizing the literary worth of their songs and poems. Dunlop transliterated several Aboriginal songs and wrote on Aboriginal themes. She worked at preserving Aboriginal vocabularies.

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Chronology

1838
Life event - Settled in Australia

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

  • McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details

Book Sections

  • Gunson, Niel, 'Dunlop, Eliza Hamilton (1796-1880), lyric writer and student of the Aboriginals' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Douglas Pike, ed., vol. 1 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1966), p. 337. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010321b.htm. Details
  • Radi, Heather, 'Eliza Dunlop (1796-1880) ethnographer' in 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology, Heather Radi, ed. (Sydney: Women's Redress Press Inc, 1988). Details

Resources

Ailie Smith

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