John MacGillivray
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John MacGillivray was a Scottish naturalist, active in Australia between 1842 and 1867.
John Mac Gillivray, naturalist
HMS Fly (1831)
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HMS Fly was an 18-gun sloop of the Royal Navy. She was responsible for the exploration and charting of much of Australia's north-east coast and nearby islands. She was converted to a coal hulk in 1855
John MacGillivray
…ornithologist William MacGillivray. He took part in three of the Royal Navy's surveying voyages in the Pacific. In 1842 he sailed as naturalist on board HMS Fly, despatched to survey the Torres Strait, New Guinea, and the east coast of Australia, returning to England in 1846. In the same year he was appointed…
Fly off Sydney c.1842
During the 1840s, Fly surveyed Whitsunday Island, pictured here