F. Armstrong F. Armstrong i(A130923 works by) (a.k.a. Francis Fraser Armstrong)
Born: Established: 22 Nov 1813 Dalkeith, Midlothian,
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Scotland,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 22 May 1897 Perth, Western Australia,
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 15 Dec 1829
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Western Australian Methodist pioneer and missionary, Armstrong was appointed an interpreter and protector for the Aboriginal people of Western Australia in the late 1830s. He contributed to George Fletcher Moore's A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia, with Copious Meanings, Embodying Much Interesting Information Regarding the Habits, Manners and Customs of the Natives and the Natural History of the Country (1842).

Source: James H. Cain, 'Armstrong, Francis Fraser (1813-1897)', Australian Pentecostal Studies Webjournals website, www.webjournals.ac.edu.au (sighted 03/08/2012); Rica Erickson (compiler), The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australia pre -1829-1888 : Volume I A - C (1987)

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