Sir Hercules Robinson, British colonial administrator (1886).Artist: WA Hirschmann

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Sir Hercules Robinson, British colonial administrator (1886). Robinson (1824-1897) served as Governor of New South Wales from 1872-1879 having previously been Governor of St Kitts, Hong Kong and Ceylon. In 1880 he was appointed High Commissioner for Southern Africa. Wood engraving from 'Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol I', by Andrew Garran, illustrated under the supervision of Frederic B Schell, (Picturesque Atlas Publishing Co, 1886).

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