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- Educated at the English College, Caen, France, migrated to Van Diemen's Land, aboard the barque "Persian", arrived 1832, pioneer in Dunorlan district, near Deloraine, later agriculture, grain-buying, carrying and coaching in Westbury district.
Mr. RODDAM HULKE DOUGLAS, Justice of the Peace, Launceston, was born at Fareham, near Portsmouth, in the year 1817, and is the second son of the late Admiral Peter John Douglas, and grandson of Admiral Billy Douglas, and was educated in France. He arrive in Tasmania in 1832, and gained colonial experience under his uncle, the late Captain Moriarty, who owned a large estate at Dunorlan. Mr. Douglas was for a great number of years prominently connected with the Westbury district, both in a business and public way; was a member of the Westbury Council for a very long time; and also held the position of warden. On the occasion of his departure from the district for a trip to Europe in the fifties, he was the recipient of a very valuable piece of plate. He was a resident for fourteen years in the Evandale district, where he held numerous public positions. For over forty years Mr. Douglas has been a staunch supporter of the Wesleyan Church.
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