About Gilbert Robertson
Lived 1794 – 1851 (aged 56–57). Gilbert Robertson was an editor and agronomist.
Gilbert Robertson (1794–1851) was a colonist and newspaper editor in Van Diemen's Land.
Life He was the son of Gilbert Robertson (1774–1840), a planter with large possessions in Demerara, by his enslaved mistress;
He was raised and educated by a wealthy male relative in Scotland, from whence he emigrated to Van Diemen's Land as a free settler in 1822. In 1828 he led the first 'roving party' of armed settlers tasked with capturing hostile aboriginals in the context of the so-called Black War.
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Who was Gilbert Robertson?
(1794-1851) editor and agriculturist
When was Gilbert Robertson born?
Gilbert Robertson was born on 10 December 1794.
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Gilbert Robertson died in 1851.
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Gilbert Robertson was an editor and agronomist.
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