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under Capt. McLean, to set up a whaling station, and built for himself the first house in
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where there is unto an estimated 100 Aboriginal deaths, after which
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William Pelham Dutton, first settler at Portland Bay, Victoria : a history of the whaling and sealing industries in Bass Strait, 1828 – 1868
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Dutton was born in Sydney, a son of Henry and
Margaret Dutton, who had emigrated from England some years previously; in 1813 his family moved to
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Kalloongoo, Dutton later married a Mary Sagers or Saggers (c. 1820 – 23 August 1885) of Launceston in 1843; they had a home at
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from James Allen, who had abducted her in the late 1820s. Dutton and
Kalloongoo had a child, "Sophie", around 1830, who was baptised in
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127:(31 August 1811 – 20 July 1878), known as "Captain Dutton", was a whaler and seaman remembered as a pioneer of
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has the stronger claim, as Dutton's residency though earlier was not continuous.
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554:(Evening ed.). Vic. 10 September 1868. p. 5
413:(Evening ed.). Vic. 22 September 1930. p. 2
648:(Mornings ed.). Vic. 7 November 1884. p. 2
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