Dictionary of Sydney

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Smyth, Arthur Bowes

Ship's surgeon who came to Sydney with the First Fleet on the Lady Penrhyn. His journal of the voyage is an important source about shipboard conditions. He was also an ornithologist who recorded several now extinct species.

Milestone
Born
Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Essex, England
23 Aug 1750
Arrived Sydney
Lady Penrhyn
26 Jan 1788
Departed Sydney
Lady Penrhyn
05 May 1788
Died
England
31 Mar 1790
Name
Alternate
Bowes, Arthur
Occupation
Position
1787 - 1788