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Biography: Wallath, Robert Herman

Teenage highwayman, Robert Herman Wallath

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Teenage highwayman, Robert Herman Wallath

Soon after his arrest in July 1893, highwayman Robert Wallath was photographed in New Plymouth gaol wearing his disguise, a mounted infantry uniform and mask.

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Reference: LN 529: P 1 101

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Florinda Lambert. 'Wallath, Robert Herman', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1993. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/2531/teenage-highwayman-robert-herman-wallath (accessed 4 June 2026).