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| British PE teacher killed on trip | British PE teacher killed on trip |
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| A PE teacher from a Merseyside public school has been killed on a school trip to Australia. | A PE teacher from a Merseyside public school has been killed on a school trip to Australia. |
| Ian Robinson, from Liverpool, was taking a group of boys on a rugby tour when he was killed during a white water rafting excursion in Cairns. | |
| Mr Robinson taught sport at Merchant Taylors' School, a fee-paying school in Crosby, Merseyside, which teaches boys aged eight to 18. | Mr Robinson taught sport at Merchant Taylors' School, a fee-paying school in Crosby, Merseyside, which teaches boys aged eight to 18. |
| The touring party is believed to be returning from the trip early. | The touring party is believed to be returning from the trip early. |
| Mr Robinson is understood to have been in a boat with some boys and a colleague, the former England Rugby Union player Mike Slemen, on the Tully River when the accident happened. | |
| Tributes have appeared on the website Facebook, with one former pupil describing him as a "fantastic teacher and friend to all of us". |