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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2025-09-25 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002400b.htm person Howe John AACR2 1774 19 December 1852 Place of Birth Redbourne, Lincolnshire, England Place of Death Morpeth, New South Wales, Australia Explorer John Howe was an early settler at Windsor, who led exploring parties in 1819 and 1820 to try to discover a trafficable route between the Hawkesbury and Hunter Rivers. He discovered Patrick's Plains and mapped a route which is now the Bulga Road. He is commemorated by Howe's Park in Singleton, Howe's Swamp, Howe's Mountain and Howe's Valley along the Bulga Road. 1802 1802 Life event - Arrived in Australia in the Coromandel I c. 1802 1813 Career position - Owned land on the Hawkesbury River 1811 1813 Career position - Licensed auctioneer in Windsor, New South Wales 1813 1815 Career position - Built Howe's Bridge, a toll-bridge, over South Creek at Windsor 1814 1821 Career position - Chief Constable at Windsor 1819 1820 Career position - Exploration to find a path between the Hawkesbury and Hunter Rivers 1821 1828 Career position - Coroner 1839 1839 Life event - Retired from Windsor to a small farm near Morpeth

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 'Howe, John', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Howe, John Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Howe, John (1774-1852), settler Gray, Nancy Howe, John (1774-1852), settler Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1966 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 1: 1788 - 1850 A-H Douglas Pike 560