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JACKOMOS.A06.BW-N04416_14A
Alf Morgon (born c1854), aged 13, in school uniform of Reserve School
Place
Coranderrk, Vic.
Place authority
Healesville / Coranderrk (E Vic Yarra Valley SJ55-06)
Date
c1866
Notes
In his early twenties, Alf Morgon was prominent in a protest movement to improve conditions at Coranderrk, which almost led to the abolition of the Board for the Protection of Aborigines (the equivalent of the Department of Aboriginal Affairs)