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Michael Massey Robinson

Illustration — Michael Massey Robinson c1817. State Library of New South Wales Michael Massey Robinson (1744 – 22 December 1826) was a poet and author of the first published verse in Australia.

Michael Massey Robinson

Watercolour c1817 by Edward Charles Close (1790-1866) from his New South Wales sketchbook (State Library of New South Wales, FL3271533, showing Michael Massey Robinson (1744-1826) Australia’s first published poet

Edward Charles Close (1790-1886) · http: digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?embedded=true toolbar=false dps_pid=IE3271179 _ga=2.98393883.549027896.1560232899-1158018148.1559284981 · Public domain

Born
1744
Died
1826
Occupation
poet

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