X-Nico

Robert Menli Lyon

In June 1833, a meeting was called at Guildford in response to continued calls for punitive action against the Aborigines.

•

While there, he met James Backhouse, the Quaker, who heard him speak about the treatment of the Aborigines in Western Australia.

•

However, Lyon interceded, arguing that the men were fighting for their country and comparing their actions to those of William Tell and William Wallace.

see also