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George Prideaux Robert Harris

English explorer, artist and naturalist. Deputy surveyor of Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania)

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Lived 1775–1810, aged 35Australia
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    1775–1810
    Aged 35
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Updated 2026-07-18

George Prideaux Robert Harris (1775–1810) was the deputy surveyor in the early days of Van Diemen's Land, Australia, from settlement in 1803 until his death in Hobart Town in 1810. He was also an explorer, artist and naturalist who described many of the plants and marsupials native to the Island, including the Tasmanian devil and the thylacine.

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