Maitland Brown

Politician

1843 – 1905

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Who was Maitland Brown?

Maitland Brown was an explorer, politician and pastoralist in colonial Western Australia. He is best remembered as the leader of the La Grange expedition, which searched for and recovered the bodies of three white settlers murdered by Indigenous Australians, and subsequently killed a number of Indigenous people in an incident that remains controversial to this day.

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Born
Jul 17, 1843
York
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Lived in
  • Geraldton
    (1869 - )
  • Greenough
    ( - 1869)
  • York
  • Perth
Died
May 8, 1905
Perth
Resting place
Karrakatta Cemetery

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on July 23, 2013

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