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2 unusual facts about Henry Fyshe Gisborne


Battle of Yering

Troopers of the Border Police led by Captain Henry Gisborne, who was Commissioner of Crown Lands, lured Jaga Jaga (Jacky-Jacky) and some of the Wurundjeri men to Yering station homestead where Jaga Jaga was captured and handcuffed.

Melbourne Athenaeum

The first President was Captain William Lonsdale, the first Patron was the Superintendent of Port Philip, Charles La Trobe and the first books were donated by Vice-President Henry Fyshe Gisborne.



see also

Gisborne

Gisborne, Victoria, Australia, a town named after Henry Fyshe Gisborne