based upon Dawes' notebooks. Jane Rogers' 1995 novel Promised Lands also focuses in part on the life of Dawes. The translation of Yininmadyemi - Thou didst let fall (the title given to a piece of public art in Sydney's Hyde Park) is from Dawes' notebooks. References Further reading Phyllis Mander-Jones, 'Dawes, William (1762–1836)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1, MUP, 1966, pp 297–298. Gillen, Mollie, The Founders of Australia: a biographical dictionary of the First Fleet, Sydney, Library of Australian History, 1989, pp. 101–2. External links Map of New South Wales, 1792 by William Dawes The notebooks of William Dawes on Dharuk (Darug), the language of Sydney. 1762 births 1836 deaths Royal Marines officers Royal Navy personnel of the American Revolutionary War English emigrants to colonial Australia History of Australia (1788–1850) English abolitionists 18th-century British astronomers English surveyors English explorers Explorers of Australia First Fleet