Roderick Flanagan

Roderick Flanagan (1 April 1828 - 13 March 1862) was born in Elphin, County Roscommon, Ireland and died a mere 34 years later in East London, after spending 22 years in Australia. However, in that short span he made a major contribution to the understanding of Australian Aborigines, established a newspaper in Sydney, Australia, wrote many poems and prose about his adopted land, and wrote a major history of New South Wales which well into the 20th Century was considered to be the main reference work on Australian history.