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From: "Jeanette Hope" <>
Subject: Re: [NSW-W] Sketches of Darling River near Para, Cuthro, and Mallara -1865.
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 23:10:37 +1000
References: <6.2.3.4.2.20060523175413.0220de90@pop.netspace.net.au>


Dear Rusheen

That's all very well, but what I REALLY want to know is how come George
Carstairs (Tarangara 1854/45) died in Fiji?

'On the 18th May [1870], at Kingsbarns, Taviuni, Fiji, after a long and
painful illness, George A. Carstairs aged 52 years, and lately of Mallara
Station, NSW.'

I first heard of a Fijian connection from local Aboriginal people - in the
context that some Aboriginal people from the lower Darling (Cuthero/Para
area) may have Fijian ancestry. Then I discovered that Carstairs had died
there....

So if you're looking for some more geese to chase......

Cheers


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