biography
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Barrington, George
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originally George Waldron
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| lived:
| (1755–1804)
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| biography:
| Writer and adventurer, born in Maynooth, Co Kildare, E Ireland. In London he turned pickpocket, and was transported to Botany Bay (1790). Set free in 1792, he rose to the position of high constable of Parramatta, New South Wales, and published historical works on Australia. |
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