Person
Howe, John (1774 - 1852)
- Born
- 1774
Redbourne, Lincolnshire, England - Died
- 19 December 1852
Morpeth, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Explorer
Summary
John Howe was an early settler at Windsor, who led exploring parties in 1819 and 1820 to try to discover a trafficable route between the Hawkesbury and Hunter Rivers. He discovered Patrick's Plains and mapped a route which is now the Bulga Road. He is commemorated by Howe's Park in Singleton, Howe's Swamp, Howe's Mountain and Howe's Valley along the Bulga Road.
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Chronology
- 1802
- Life event - Arrived in Australia in the Coromandel I
- c. 1802 - 1813
- Career position - Owned land on the Hawkesbury River
- 1811 - 1813
- Career position - Licensed auctioneer in Windsor, New South Wales
- 1813 - 1815
- Career position - Built Howe's Bridge, a toll-bridge, over South Creek at Windsor
- 1814 - 1821
- Career position - Chief Constable at Windsor
- 1819 - 1820
- Career position - Exploration to find a path between the Hawkesbury and Hunter Rivers
- 1821 - 1828
- Career position - Coroner
- 1839
- Life event - Retired from Windsor to a small farm near Morpeth
Published resources
Book Sections
- Gray, Nancy, 'Howe, John (1774-1852)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 1: 1788 - 1850 A-H, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1966), p. 560. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010521b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21535492. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/9053329. Details
- 'Howe, John (1774-1852)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1060473. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 24 August 2006