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- 1855 (Creation)
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1 digital file - original document held in a Private Collection
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One of the prominent colonial phrenologists. Hamilton was a Scotsman who arrived in Australia in 1854 and toured the country for 30 years.
More information https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/archived/bodysphere/the-skull,-the-phrenologist-and-the-150-year-mystery/6636226
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Character sketch of Robert Walker by A.S. Hamilton, phrenologist, 1855. From Walker Family Scrapbook compiled by Peter Benson Walker. Private collection. Page 36a
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