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  1. Collins, David, active 1808-1809, Lieutenant-Colonel; Lieutenant -Governor of Tasmania
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Collins, David, active 1808-1809, Lieutenant-Colonel; Lieutenant -Governor of Tasmania

Epithet: Lieutenant-Colonel; Lieutenant -Governor of Tasmania

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000246.0x00034d

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Collins, David, 1756-1810

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Lieutenant-Colonel David Collins was ordered to establish a settlement on Port Phillip Bay to secure the strategic Bass Strait for the British. However, he was unhappy with that locality and decided to transfer the settlement to the Derwent River. On 15 February 1804, Collins, with the first detachment from Port Phillip in the Ocean and Lady Nelson, anchored off the new settlement at Risdon. A quick inspection satisfied him that the site was quite unsuitable and he made his own reconnaissance, e...

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