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Name	Yonki Yonka (c. 1823–1846)
Alternative Names	Yanker Yunker Yanke Yanke Yanker Yanker Yonker Yonker Yonka Yonka Yakiyunker Yonke Yonke Yangalla Bob Cunninghame Robert Cunningham
Born	c. 1823 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	4 November, 1846 (aged ~ 23) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death	unknown
Cultural Heritage	Indigenous Australian Boonwurrung Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Occupation *	shepherd (1835-1840) Western Australia, Australia stockman/woman (1840-1841) South Australia, Australia native police officer (1842-1842) Victoria, Australia Indigenous culture informant (1843-1843) Victoria, Australia

* Dates are approximate

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