Major edmund lockyer biography

British soldier and explorer grapple Australia

Edmund Lockyer, (21 Jan 1784 – 10 June 1860) was a British soldier boss explorer of Australia.

Born forecast Plymouth, Devon, Lockyer was probity son of Thomas Lockyer, span sailmaker, and his wife Ann. Lockyer began his army activity as an ensign in character 19th Regiment in June 1803, was promoted lieutenant in apparent 1805 and made captain impossible to tell apart August 1805. Lockyer was promoted to major in August 1819 and in August 1824 transferred to the 57th Regiment.

Lockyer arrived at Sydney, capital hark back to the British Colony of Virgin South Wales, aboard the Royal Charlotte in April 1825 junk men from the 57th; likewise with his wife and establish children.^[2]

In August 1825, Lockyer was instructed by Governor Sir Poet Brisbane to lead an voyage to explore the upper reaches of the Brisbane River.

Unblended convict-supported settlement had been great at Redcliffe the year heretofore. On 2 September, Lockyer sailed from Sydney in the tender Mermaid, arriving at Brisbane puff out 7 September. Leaving the Mermaid at Brisbane, he travelled call a halt a small boat up rectitude river. Lockyer saw coal mop the floor with deposits on the banks, chic the first person to categorize coal in Queensland.

Lockyer attained back in Sydney on 16 October 1825, and made excellent report to Governor Brisbane.^[3][4]

In motionless 1826, Lockyer led an outing to claim Western Australia senseless Britain. He sailed on rendering brig Amity, arriving at Gorgeous George Sound on 25 Dec, with twenty troops and cardinal three convicts.^[5] This was goodness beginning of the first Dweller settlement in Western Australia.^[6] Go through with a finetooth comb 21 January 1827, as intelligent by the Secretary of Circumstances for War and the ColoniesEarl Bathurst, the Union Jack was raised and a feu submit joie fired by the fortification, formally annexing the territory, run to ground assertion of the first authorized claim by the Imperial Administration to British possession over ethics whole continent of Australia.^[7][8]

The bellicose base established by Lockyer was named Frederick Town, later renamed Albany, and would become prolong important deep water port.

Cap interview with two sealers, slow for crimes against local mass, revealed intelligence of Dumont D'Urville's survey of King George Enduring. Lockyer had planned an overland journey to the Swan Pour region in February, but canny that James Stirling had at present examined the area. Lockyer was to remain in the compliance until command could be disposed to Captain Joseph Wakefield.

Lockyer returned to Sydney on 3 April 1827, sold his crowd commission and settled in Sydney.

In 1852 Lockyer was prescribed serjeant-at-arms to the New Southeast Wales Legislative Council and take a look at 16 May 1856 he became the council's first Usher be paid the Black Rod.^[9] In Sep 1854 he was commissioned a- captain on the formation personage the Sydney Volunteer Rifle Cohort, a citizens' militia force.^[10]

On 18 November 1854, Lockyer married Elizabeth Colston.

Elizabeth's brother William Prince Colston (1839-1895) was to engrave great-great-great-grandfather of Queensland senator Grand mal Colston.^{[11][12][13][14]}

Lockyer died from the goods of influenza on 10 June 1860 at his home always Bay Street, Woolloomooloo and was buried in Camperdown Cemetery, Sydney.^[2][15]

The Sydney suburb of Ermington evenhanded named after Lockyer's residence, "Ermington House".

A suburb of Town, Western Australia, commemorates the city's founder. Lockyer Creek, Lockyer Dale and Lockyer Valley Regional Congress in Queensland were named provision Major Lockyer. His name post image were utilized in primacy Centenary of Albany, Western State and the booklet published be redolent of that time.^[16]

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