Dalrymple Briggs Dalrymple Briggs i(9096166 works by) (a.k.a. Dolly Johnson)
Born: Established: 1801 Furneaux Islands, Bass Strait Islands, Tasmania, ; Died: Ceased: 1 Dec 1864 Latrobe - Port Sorell area, Northwest Tasmania, Tasmania,
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Palawa / Tasmanian ; Aboriginal Trawlwulwuy
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Dolly Dalrymple was an Aboriginal matriarch, she was the daughter of George Briggs, a sealer from Bedfordshire, England, and Woretemoeteryenner (also known as Pung or Margaret), who was the daughter of Mannarlargenna, a leadern from the Cape Portland region north-east of Van Diemen's Land. One of two Aboriginal women abducted by Briggs, she bore him three children before he sold her to another sealer John Thomas for a guinea. Three of her daughters, including Dolly, were adopted by European couples on the mainland and her younger son John remained in the islands to be cared for by James Munro, another sealer.

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  • Web Resource See the full Australian Dictionary of Biography Online entry for Dolly Dalrymple.
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Woretemoeteryenner
Mannarlargenna
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