John Hunter (Royal Navy officer)

John Hunter ( born August 29, 1737 Leith, Edinburgh, † March 13, 1821 in London) was a Scottish pioneer and Australia 1795-1800 Governor of New South Wales.

Hunter came in 1787 with the First Fleet as second captain of the HMS Sirius to Australia. He brought convicts to Norfolk Island in 1790 and was there after a shipwreck near starvation. On the return trip with the Waaksamheyd were long ago discovered island groups ( Steward and Lord Howe Island ) happened and explores the Duke of York Island closer. As governor he promoted the expeditions of George Bass and Matthew Flinders.

HMS Sirius (1786) Duke of York Island, Papua New Guinea Arthur Phillip Philip Gidley King William Bligh William Paterson (explorer) Lachlan Macquarie Thomas Brisbane Ralph Darling Richard Bourke Charles Augustus FitzRoy William Denison John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead Lord Augustus Loftus Harry Rawson Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie Marie Bashir Integrated Authority File
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