Eliza Fraser
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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, and who claimed she was taken in by the Badtjala (Butchella) people. She later wrote of her experience and claimed to have been captured by Aboriginal people; the island was named "Fraser Island”.[1][2] It was renamed to its traditional name of K’gari in June 2023.[3][4]
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Born | Eliza Anne Slack c. 1798 Wirksworth, Derbyshire, Great Britain |
Died | 1858 (age about 60) |
Spouse(s) | Captain James Fraser (c. 1821- c. 1836) Captain Alexander Greene (1837 -?) |
Children | 3 |
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