Forby Sutherland
Template:Short description Template:DMCA Template:DMCA Forby Sutherland was a member of the crew of the Endeavour during Lieutenant (later Captain) James Cook's voyage to New South Wales. He died while the ship was in Botany Bay, making him the first British subject to die in Australia and the first European to die in New South Wales.
Life and death in Australia
Sutherland was an able seaman and also the ship's poulterer (which meant he prepared game birds for the table, including for instance those shot by Joseph Banks and Lieutenant John Gore).[1]
Cook logged that Forby Sutherland died of consumption on the evening of 30 April 1770 while the ship was anchored in the Bay, and was buried ashore at Kurnell the following morning.[2] He had been afflicted by that condition ever since leaving the Le Maire Strait.[3] The actual date of burial was 2 May.
Memorial
Near the landing place, in Kurnell there is a memorial stone, noting that Forby Sutherland was the first British subject to die on Australian soil. The memorial was unveiled on 29 April 1933.[4]
Henry Kendall wrote a poem called "Sutherland's Grave", in remembrance of Forby Sutherland and his burial in Australia.[5]
Some attribute the name of the Sutherland area as his legacy.[6] Forby Sutherland Memorial Park (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.) is in the suburb of Sutherland.[7]
Sutherland Point
Sutherland Point (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.) is the headland at the eastern end of Kurnell beach inside Botany Bay, Australia.[8]
The point was named Point Sutherland by Captain Cook, for crewman Forby Sutherland.
References
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- ^ Ray Parkin, H. M. Bark Endeavour, Miegunyah Press, second edition 2003, Template:ISBN
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- ^ Journal of Master's Mate Richard Pickersgill, reproduced in Parkin above
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Memorial Stone at Kurnell". The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 April 1933. p. 12.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Henry Kendall. The Poems Of Henry Kendall. p. 164.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Origin of the names of suburbs and other places". Sutherland Shire Council. October 2016. Archived from the original on 1 June 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Forby Sutherland Memorial Park". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales.Script error: No such module "EditAtWikidata".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sutherland Point page". Geoscience Australia. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007.
Further reading
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Walker, John (1968). Forby Sutherland. Sutherland Shire, N.S.W.: Sutherland Shire Historical Society. Archived from the original on 3 April 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
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