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Prupilathina

Also known as: Prupilathina; primary name: Probelatter; other name: Isaas; other name: Jemmy; other name: Jimmy; other name: Lacklay; other name: Larcurkenner; other name: Probelatena; other name: Prupilathina
Details: individual; Indigenous Australian; Australian; Male
Other dates: -c1840 (Living at Port Phillip District (Melbourne).)
Biography: Tasmanian Aborigine from Hampshire Hills. Captured as boy by an armed party. Accompanied GA Robinson (q.v.) on some of his Tasmanian expeditions. Husband of Pyterruner (Matilda/Maria).
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

Museum number: Oc2006,Drg.60 |
Producer name: BIOG19992 Drawn by:Thomas Bock |
Production date: 1831-1835 |
Production place: Painted in:Hobart

drawing

Title: Probelatter (aka Problatena or Jemmy) |
Museum number: Oc2006,Drg.80 |
Producer name: Drawn by:G GrayAfter:Thomas Bock |
Production date: 1856 |
Production place: Painted in:London (England)

drawing

Museum number: Oc2006,Drg.65 |
Producer name: BIOG19992 Drawn by:Thomas Bock |
Production date: 1831-1835 |
Production place: Painted in:Hobart

oil painting

Title: Jimmy, Native of the Hampshire Hills, V.D. Land |
Museum number: Oc2006,Ptg.18 |
Producer name: Painted by:Robert Hawker DowlingAfter:Thomas Bock |
Production date: 1853-1856 |
Production place: Painted in:Tasmania

oil painting

Title: Jimmy profile |
Museum number: Oc2006,Ptg.9 |
Producer name: Painted by:Robert Hawker DowlingAfter:Thomas Bock |
Production date: 1853-1856 |
Production place: Painted in:Tasmania