Mathinna (Tasmanian)

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Mathinna - 1842 watercolour by Thomas Bock
Bornc. 1835
Wybalenna Aboriginal Establishment on Flinders Island
Died1852 (aged 16–17)
Oyster Cove, Tasmania, Australia
Cause of deathDrowning
Known forTemporarily adopted by Lady Jane Franklin

Mathinna (c.1835 – 1 September 1852) was an Aboriginal Tasmanian girl, who was kidnapped, adopted and later abandoned by the Governor of Van Diemen's Land, Sir John Franklin and his wife Lady Jane Franklin.

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