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Namplut

Also known as: Namplut; primary name: Numbloote; other name: Jenny; other name: Jinny; other name: Namplut; other name: Num; other name: Semiramis
Details: individual; Indigenous Australian; Australian; Female
Other dates: -1839 (Died 28 February.)
Biography: Wife of Maulboyheenner (q.v.),Tasmanian Aborigine, from Port Sorrell. Accompanied GA Robinson on his Tasmanian expeditions.
Bibliography: Plomley, NJB 'Thomas Bock's portraits of the Tasmanian Aborigines' Records of the Queen Victoria Museum Launceston, New Series 18:1-25, 1965.

5 related objects

drawing

Title: Numbloote (aka Jenny) |
Museum number: Oc2006,Drg.77 |
Producer name: Drawn by:G GrayAfter:Thomas Bock |
Production date: 1856 |
Production place: Painted in:London (England)

drawing

Museum number: Oc2006,Drg.64 |
Producer name: BIOG19992 Drawn by:Thomas Bock |
Production date: 1831-1835 |
Production place: Painted in:Hobart

drawing

Museum number: Oc2006,Drg.57 |
Producer name: BIOG19992 Drawn by:Thomas Bock |
Production date: 1831-1835 |
Production place: Painted in:Hobart

oil painting

Title: Jinny [aka Jenny] native of Port Sorell V.D. Land |
Museum number: Oc2006,Ptg.4 |
Producer name: Painted by:Robert Hawker DowlingAfter:Thomas Bock |
Production date: 1853-1856 |
Production place: Painted in:Tasmania

oil painting

Title: Jinny profile |
Museum number: Oc2006,Ptg.7 |
Producer name: Painted by:Robert Hawker DowlingAfter:Thomas Bock |
Production date: 1853-1856 |
Production place: Painted in:Tasmania