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William Twizell Wawn (1837-1901)
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English: Para (ship)

South Sea Islanders, recruited for the Queensland cane fields, being carried in boats to the Para. (Descriptions supplied with photograph).

The English artist who produced this drawing, William Twizell Wawn, captained ships between 1875 and 1891. https://www.globaleducation.edu.au/case-studies/australian-pacific-islanders.html

He was signed on the brigantine Para on 11 April 1894, as mate for a voyage to the Solomons. Para, Captain John Ronald Mackay. https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/114828/2/b11178358.pdf and https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/70281578

Mackay was employed by the "Colonial Sugar Refining Company" for a period.
Date circa 1894
date QS:P571,+1894-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source/Photographer Item is held by John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.

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