Robert King and Sarah Strickland Tasmania

[judb]

This is the article giving an account of the interview with Mary Rebecca in 1935.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/86568774
The writer says that Mary was reading a book of Spanish history when she visited - perhaps not actually reading in Spanish 

The account of her little sister and her aunt dying on the voyage is sad.  The mention of the leather shoes would add weight to the findings for Sarah's father whose occupation was given in a couple of records as 'shoemaker'.  A very interesting read.

TROVE also has death notices and an obit for her which you have probably seen.

Judith

[Lectu]

I tried to upload the same Trove info as you have put up Judith, including the shoe connection !  Something happened to my post, possibly left it too long unposted. 
Anyway, I too was going to point out that Mary was reading the Spanish history so I suspect some connection was there.  The photograph of Mary and family in the book "Sassafras : A history of Settlement and its People" shows her clearly having darker skin tone. 
I keep coming back to this question again and again so I hope one day an answer will come.

[wwf]

Hi Lectu/Judb
Noticed it's been a while since last update on this thread. But was wounder if you have found any more infomation from your inital question, as i am a relative to Robert and sarah so it intrests me in the origins of the darker skin tone also.
regards