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Robinson, Michael Massey (1744–1826)
convict, public servant and poet
Michael Robinson, n.d., from Edward Charles Close - New South Wales Sketchbook: Sea Voyage, Sydney, Illawarra, Newcastle, Morpeth, c.1817-1840