Robert Knopwood (2 June 1763 – 18 September 1838) was an early clergyman and diarist in Australia. Knopwood was the third child and only surviving son...
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describe the emu. The early colonial accounts spell it 'emue', Reverend Robert Knopwood spelt it as 'emew'. Other early accounts referred to it as a 'cassowary'...
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this time. According to the colony's chaplain, and famed diarist, Robert Knopwood by 1814 the game had become very popular, especially around the festive...
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and settlement there abandoned. 1804: Church of England clergyman Robert Knopwood conducts first divine service at Sullivans Cove. 1804: Hobart's first...
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Hobart, Pearce made a confession to the Rev. Robert Knopwood, the magistrate and chaplain. However, Knopwood did not believe the cannibalism story and was...
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boy to Hobart where he was christened by the reverend Robert Knopwood and given the name of Robert Hobart May. His traditional name is unknown. The lieutenant-governor...
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Sunday, 26 February 1804 the colony's chaplain, the Right Reverend Robert Knopwood, conducted the first divine service in Hobart Town. Before the settlement...
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marines, and some 30 wives and children of the convicts. The Reverend Robert Knopwood kept a journal on the voyage. Calcutta arrived at Teneriffe on 13 May;...
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cavorting whales kept them awake at night. In July 1804, clergyman Robert Knopwood claimed that in crossing the River Derwent, "we passed so many whales...
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