Dictionary of Sydney

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Wallis, James

Soldier who was in Australian between 1814 and 1819. He arrived in 1814 on the same ship as convict artist Joseph Lycett and worked with him on views of the colony. In 1816 he led the regiment responsible for the Appin Massacre. From later in 1816 he served as the commandant of Newcastle.