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R. M. Lyon R. M. Lyon i(A121022 works by) (birth name: Robert Milne) (a.k.a. Robert Milne Lyon; Robert Menli Lyon)
Born: Established: 1789 Inverness,
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Scotland,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ;
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1829
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1 1 y separately published work icon Australia : An Appeal to the World on Behalf of the Younger Branch of the Family of Shem R. M. Lyon , Sydney : James Spilsbury James McEachern , 1839 Z1750487 1839 selected work column prose correspondence criticism
1 A Glance at the Manners, and Language of the Aboriginal Inhabitants of Western Australia; with a Short Vocabulary: 23rd March, 1833 R. M. Lyon , 1833 single work criticism Lyon compares and contrasts words in what he calls the 'Swan River Dialect' or 'Derbalese' and the 'King George's Sound [Dialect]' and includes a comprehensive discussion on the language and a list of the vocabulary 'of the language of Derbal.'
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