Col Mne. David Collins RM
(1756-1810)
Colonel, Royal Marine, Judge Advocate of New South Wales (1788-1796), and Lieutenant Governor of Tasmania (1804-1810)
Died aged c. 54
Wikidata WikipediaColonel David Collins (3 March 1756 – 24 March 1810) was a British Marine officer who was appointed as Judge-Advocate to the new colony being established in Botany Bay. He sailed with Governor Arthur Phillip on the First Fleet to establish a penal colony at what is now Sydney. He became secretary to the first couple of Governors, later being appointed to start a secondary colony where he founded the city of Hobart as the founding Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land (later becoming the state of Tasmania).
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Commemorated on 1 plaque
Gandy Street was the childhood home of both Colonel David Collins RM first Judge Advocate of New South Wales (1788-96) and first Lieut. Governor of Tasmania (1804-10) and George P. Harris first Deputy Surveyor General of Tasmania (1804-10) and previously with Col. Collins at Port Phillip.
Britannia Building Society, Gandy Street, Exeter, United Kingdom where they lived