Person
Shortland, John (1769 - 1810)
- Born
- 5 September 1769
- Died
- 21 January 1810
at sea - Occupation
- Naval officer
Summary
John Shortland arrived in Australia with the First Fleet in 1788 as master's mate in the Sirius. He returned to England in 1792 and came back to Australia with Governor Hunter in 1794, as first lieutenant in the Reliance. He discovered coal at Newcastle in 1797 and is commemorated by the Newcastle suburb of Shortland.
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Published resources
Book Sections
- McMartin, Arthur, 'Shortland, John (1769-1810), naval officer' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Douglas Pike, ed., vol. 2 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1967), pp. 443-444. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020403b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2018147. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/93359275. Details
- 'Shortland, John (1769-1810)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-566926. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_s.html. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 4 July 2012
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