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William Snell Chauncy was an English civil engineer responsible for a number of important engineering works including the first steam railway opened in Australia.
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The Reverend Dr Louis Giustiniani was the first missionary to the Swan River Colony. He was zealous in defending the interests of aborigines but alienated the colony and was removed from office.
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- ↑ Bush, Fiona. "Philip Lamothe Snell Chauncy". Design & Art Australia Online (DAAO). Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ↑ Izett, EK 2014, 'Breaking new ground: early Australian ethnography in colonial women's writing', Doctor of Philosophy.
- ↑ "Chauncy Spring". inHerit - State Heritage Office. wa.gov.au. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
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