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Swain, Shurlee – American Indian Quarterly, 2013
In 1838 a child known as Mathinna was removed from the settlement for the remnant of the Tasmanian Aboriginal people on Flinders Island and taken to Hobart to live in the house of the lieutenant governor. Sir John and Lady Franklin, the historical record recounts, were impressed by her intelligence and wanted to bring her up as a companion to…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Foreign Countries, Adoption, Children