Vice-Admiral John Hunter was an officer of the Royal Navy, who succeeded Arthur Phillip as the second Governor of New South Wales, serving from 1795 to 1800.
Portrait, c. 1812
Captain John Hunter, Governor of New South Wales, 1801
Hunter's tomb in the graveyard of the Church of St John-at-Hackney in London
Bust of Admiral John Hunter in Leith
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The First Fleet were eleven British ships which transported a group of settlers to mainland Australia, marking the beginning of the British colonisation of Australia. It consisted of two Royal Navy ve
John Hunter (Royal Navy officer)
…engagements Hunter was appointed to his first command, that of the 14-gun sloop Marquis de Seignelay, on 12 November 1782. When the preparation of the First Fleet was in progress, Lord Howe, by then first lord of the admiralty, arranged for Hunter to be promoted to post captain on 15 December 1786, and appointed…
Engraving of the First Fleet in Botany Bay at voyage's end in 1788
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First Fleet, Cape Town, Table Mountain, South Africa, November 1787
Entrance of Port Jackson, 27 January 1788, by William Bradley, an officer on HMS Sirius