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Malapuwinarana

Also known as: Malapuwinarana; primary name: Maulboyheenner; other name: Malapowaynererner; other name: Malapuwinarana; other name: Malboy; other name: Malby; other name: Malley; other name: Robert; other name: Small Boy; other name: Timmy
Details: individual; Indigenous Australian; Australian; Male
Other dates: -1842 (Hanged 20 January.)
Biography: Tasmanian Aborigine from Georges River, Cape Portland. Married to Numbloote (q.v.). Captured by a roving party, possibly one of the people GA Robinson saw in gaol at Richmond (Tas) in October 1829. Accompanied Robinson on his expedition to Port Davey, but appears to have been sent back to Hobart in April 1830. Hanged in Melbourne with Tunnerminnwate (q.v.), for the murder of two sealers at Westernport in October 1841.
Bibliography: Plomley, NJB 'Thomas Bock's portraits of the Tasmanian Aborigines' Records of the Queen Victoria Museum Launceston, New Series 18:1-25, 1965. K.Auty & L. Russell. 2016 Hunt Them, Hang Them. 'The Tasmanians' at Port Phillip 1841-42. Justice Press, Melbourne