James Kerguelen Robinson
Born
James Kerguelen Robinson

(1859-03-11)March 11, 1859
Kerguelen Islands
Died1914 (aged 54–55)
Murchison, Western Australia, Australia
Occupation
  • Prospector
Spouse
Alice Maud Wakefield
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(m. 1889)​
Parent(s)James William Robinson
Jane Parsons Bentley

James Kerguelen Robinson (11 March 1859 – 1914) was an Australian prospector who was the first person born south of the Antarctic Convergence. Robinson Pass was named after him.[1][2]

Life

Robinson was born in March 1859 on the Kerguelen Islands to James William Robinson, a captain and sailor, and his wife Jane Parsons Bentley while the couple was on a sealing voyage in the Antarctic Convergence. Robinson's middle name, Kerguelen, was taken from the island he was born on. Robinson Pass was named after him.[2][3]

He married Alice Maud Wakefield in 1889.

Robinson died of dehydration in Murchison in 1914 while he was prospecting in the western Australian desert.[4][5][6]

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References

  1. ^ J. Robinson. Appendix B: Log of the Offley. In: Reminiscences. Hobart: Archives Office of Tasmania, 1906. pp. 98-99. (Transcribed and edited by D. Cerchi.)
  2. ^ a b R. K. Headland (1989). Chronological List of Antarctic Expeditions and Related Historical Events. Cambridge University Press. pp. 177–. ISBN 978-0-521-30903-5.
  3. ^ Briton Cooper Busch (1987). The War Against the Seals: A History of the North American Seal Fishery. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. pp. 179–. ISBN 978-0-7735-0610-7.
  4. ^ The American Neptune. Peabody Museum of Salem. 1981.
  5. ^ Elizabeth Chipman (1986). Women on the Ice: A History of Women in the Far South. Melbourne University Press. ISBN 978-0-522-84324-8.
  6. ^ Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. Royal Society of Tasmania. 1972.

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