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 | | A sixteen year old Scots girl, Barbara Thompson, recently married to the captain, was rescued by aborigines and lived with them until 16 October 1849, when she made contact with a water party from HMS Rattlesnake and taken aboard. |
 | | In 1869, collected pearl shells from Warrior Reef, Torres Strait, and established a succesful fleet of pearling vessels, adding seven especially built luggers from Sydney. |
 | | HMS Blanche arrived at Somerset, on the tip of Cape York, in April 1870, where a large punitive expedition was organised to capture those reponsible for the deaths. |
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