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Name	William Robertson
Born	7 October, 1798 Alvie, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Died	18 January, 1874 (aged 75) Colac, Victoria, Australia
Cultural Heritage	Scottish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Robertson, William (son) FitzGerald, Thomas Naghten (nephew by marriage) Buckley, William (acquaintance) Fyans, Foster (acquaintance) Gellibrand, Joseph Tice (acquaintance) Batman, John (acquaintance)
Passenger Ship *	Regalia (1822)
Occupation or Descriptor *	grazier (cattle) (1822-1852) Tasmania, Australia anti-transportationist (1832-1852) Tasmania, Australia general merchant (1832-1852) Tasmania, Australia cattle breeder (1837-1874) Victoria, Australia grazier (cattle) (1837-1874) Victoria, Australia
Key Events *	Royal Tour, 1868 (entertained the royal party at his estate)
Political Activism *	Anti-Transportation League (leader)

* Dates are approximate