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Gowlland, John Thomas Ewing

Naval officer and hydrographer who surveyed much of the New South Wales coast and compiled Admiralty charts much in use until recently. Whilst surveying Middle Harbour he drowned in an accident off Dobroyd Point.

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Born
Leysdown, Kent, England
10 Jul 1838
Died
Sydney
14 Aug 1874
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