This section has been created so that viewers can read the different historical documents related to the one topic. It can help create a better overview on a subject due to the different authors recording different facts of their experiences. John Finnegan a convict, Thomas Petrie a native speaking settler, Thomas Archer a pioneering farmer, John Mathew an anthropologist and priest, Matthew Flinders a military explorer, along with many more all interacted with the natives at different places in the timeline, in different ways, and to varying degrees.