Edward Stone Parker

Edward Stone Parker
Assistant Protector of Aborigines of Port Phillip
In office
3 Jan 1839 – 31 Dec 1849
Personal details
Born17 May 1802
London England, UK
Died27 April 1865(1865-04-27) (aged 62)
Franklinford, Shire of Hepburn, Victoria
Spouse(1) 1826, Mary Cook née Woolmer d.1842 (2) 1843, Annie née Edwards

Edward Stone Parker (1802–1865) was a Methodist preacher and assistant Protector of Aborigines in the Aboriginal Protectorate established in the Port Phillip District of colonial New South Wales under George Augustus Robinson in 1838. He established and administered the Franklinford Aboriginal Protectorate Station in the territory of the Dja Dja Wurrung people from January 1841 to the end of 1848.[1]

  1. ^ Attwood, Bain (1999). "My Country. A history of the Djadja Wurrung 1837-1864". Monash Publications in History. 25: 23–36. ISSN 0818-0032.