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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2024-10-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002665b.htm person Thomas William AACR2 1793 1 December 1867 Place of Birth Westminster, England Place of Death Brunswick, Victoria, Australia Teacher Protector of aboriginals 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 1850-1860. Thomas was known to the aborigines as Marminata (Good Father). His recommendation to the select committee of the Legislative Council on Aborigines to establish reserves and supply depots throughout Victoria was accepted in a modified form and in 1860 became policy for the new Central Board for the Protection of Aborigines. 1838 1849 Career position - Assistant Protector of Aboriginals in the Port Phillip, Westernport and Gippsland districts of Victoria 1850 1860 Career position - Guardian of Aborigines for the Counties of Bourke, Mornington and Evelyn in Victoria 1860 1860 Career position - Official visitor to supervise the work of all stations and depots of the Central Board for the Protection of Aborigines Colony of New South Wales (1788 - 1901) 1838 c. 1860

William Thomas worked as a "protector" (1838 - 1849) and later "guardian" (1850 - c.1860) of Indigenous Australians in parts of Victoria. Although officially employed by the British Government he worked closely with the Colonial Government of New South Wales.

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 'Thomas, William', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Thomas, William Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Thomas, William (1793-1867), assistant protector and guardian of Aboriginals Mulvaney, D. J. Thomas, William (1793-1867), assistant protector and guardian of Aboriginals Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1967 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 2: 1788 - 1850 I-Z Douglas Pike 518-519