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Malcolm Robertson

Miss Robertson of Colac (Dolly), 1885-86
Miss Robertson of Colac (Dolly), 1885-86
Miss Robertson of Colac (Dolly), 1885-86
Miss Robertson of Colac (Dolly), 1885-86

Brothers on farms

Magazine article by Malcolm Robertson, 2011

Malcolm Robertson tells the family history of one of Australia's earliest patrons of the arts, his Scottish born great great great grandfather, William Robertson.
Summary
16 portraits donated to the collection
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Batchelder & O'Neill
Hills & Saunders
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W & D Downey
Maria Jane Dowling
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William Edward Kilburn
John Hubert Newman
John Robertson
Margaret Robertson
Martha M. Robertson
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