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Eliza Anne Fraser (c. 1798 – 1858) was an English woman known for being shipwrecked at K'gari, an island off the coast of Queensland, Australia, on 22 May 1836.
Eliza Anne Fraser (c.1798-1858?), shipwreck victim and source of myth and legend, was born perhaps in Derbyshire, England. Her maiden name was Slack and she was literate. Sometime before 1821 she married James Fraser, a mariner.
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Nov 13, 2019 · Eliza Fraser was 37 and pregnant when she left London with her sick husband, 54-year-old Captain James Fraser, on his ship, the Stirling Castle, on 22nd October 1835, leaving in Stromness, Orkney, their three children - Jane, 15, James Muir, 10, and David, 6 - with local Presbyterian minister, Reverend Peter Learmonth.
Jan 26, 2016 · In an early version of chequebook journalism, her sensational story being among the barbaric primitives was embellished as "donations" rolled in. Eliza Fraser soon became an expert at tabloid spin – until she was discredited when she tried to make money from her experiences back in London.
The true and extraordinary adventures of Eliza Fraser, the wife of Captain James Fraser, began in 1835, when, age 37 and pregnant with her fourth child, she left her three children in Scotland to accompany her ailing husband on a voyage from London to Sydney Australia.
Eliza Fraser is the current namesake for the island. She was the creator of a damaging series of lies that led to the massacre and dispossession of the Butchulla people, and created an inherently negative narrative about Aboriginal people for decades to come.
The story of Eliza Fraser and her sensational and highly exoticised account of her experience on K’gari Island (Fraser Island), is a classic example of the historical portrayal of Indigenous ...
