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Born: Established: 31 Dec 1784 Middlesex,
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England,
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Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 30 Apr 1831 Encounter Bay, Victor Harbor - Goolwa area, Fleurieu Peninsula - Lake Alexandrina, South Australia,
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

While travelling from King George Sound, Western Australia, to Sydney, New South Wales, in 1831, Captain Collet Barker undertook an exploratory expedition to the mouth of the Murray River, South Australia. He was speared by Aborigines there and died, on 30 April 1831.

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