Dunlop, Eliza Hamilton (1796–1880)

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Dunlop, Eliza Hamilton (1796–1880)

Australian poet and ethnographer. Born 1796 in Co. Armagh, Ireland; died June 20, 1880, in Wollombi; dau. of Solomon Hamilton (barrister); m. James Sylvius Law (astronomer); m. David Dunlop (police magistrate and protector of Aborigines at Wollombi and Macdonald River), 1823; children: (1st m.) 1 son, 1 daughter; (2nd m.) 4.

Contributed poetry to journals in Ireland; with family, immigrated to Australia (1838); published in Australian newspapers, learned Aboriginal languages and was 1st Australian poet to do transliterations of Aboriginal songs; works include the poem "The Aboriginal Mother" in The Australian (1838) and 'The Aboriginal Mother' and Other Poems (1981); manuscript collection The Vase in Mitchell Library, Sydney.

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