Aborigines of Van Diemen's Land, 1830-1840 - Page 58
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30 merits rewards to which were so
Rewards to which they were so justly entitled for their labour, fatigue, and em imminent risks they ran in proceeding unarmed in their intercourse encounters with of the Blacks; when unarmed. This however had a contrary effect to what was intended, for surely it must be a great credit to any head of an establishment to employ proper suitable persons under him, and direct them properly. The consequence was that McGeary, an McKay, Surridge, and other principal leaders, kept separate journals, whereas by official routine everything ought to have passed through Mr Robinson which would have greatly enhanced the value of his services.
Mr Robinson also falls into another great error, for before he commenced operations in the interior, and when in Quest of the Blacks, he invariably ascribed perfect innocence to them, and attributed every blame to the whites, but when the day of final settlement with the government arrived, he claimed the