James Meehan (1774 - April 21, 1826) was an Irish-Australian explorer and surveyor. Year 1774 ( MDCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Surveying is the technique and science of accurately determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional space Position of points and the distances and angles between
Meehan was born in Ireland in 1774, and was one of a number of political prisoners who arrived in Australia in February 1800. Two months later he became an assistant to Charles Grimes, the surveyor-general, and went with him to explore the Hunter River in 1801. Charles Grimes ( 24 February 1772 – 19 February 1858) was an English surveyor of Australia, surveyor-general of New The Hunter River is a major river in New South Wales, Australia. He was also with Grimes on the expedition to explore King Island and Port Phillip in 1802 and 1803. King Island is one of the islands that make up the state of Tasmania, Australia. "Port Phillip" may also refer to a Local Government Area called the City of Port Phillip. Grimes had leave of absence from August 1803 to go to England, and during his absence for about three years, Meehan did much of his work with the title of assistant-surveyor. In October 1805 Governor King directed him to trace the course of the Nepean to the southward a little beyond Mount Taurus, and in October 1807 Meehan prepared his plan of Sydney. Philip Gidley King RN (23 April 1758 &ndash 3 September 1808 was an British naval officer and colonial administrator
In 1812 Governor Macquarie sent him to Tasmania with instructions to remeasure the whole of the farms granted by former governors and himself. Major-General Lachlan Macquarie CB (31 January 1762 – 1 July 1824 Scottish Gaelic spelling Lachlan MacGuaire) British military officer Tasmania is an Australian island and state of the same name It is located south of the eastern side of the Continent, being separated from it by Bass He accompanied Hamilton Hume in some explorations in southern New South Wales in 1816, when Lake George was discovered, and in 1818 Meehan was appointed deputy surveyor-general. Hamilton Hume ( 19 June 1797 &ndash 19 April 1873) was the first Australian born explorer Lake George (or' Weerewaa' in the indigenous language is a Lake in south-eastern New South Wales, Australia about 30 minutes drive north-east It was around this time that he named the settlement of Goulburn after Henry Goulburn, the Under-Secretary for War and the Colonies. Goulburn is a provincial City in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia in Goulburn Mulwaree Council. Henry Goulburn (1784 &ndash 1856 was an English Conservative Statesman and a member of the Peelite faction after 1846
He endeavoured in this year without success to find a practicable road over the Shoalhaven River so that communication might be opened up with Jervis Bay, but continuing his efforts early in 1820 he went through some very difficult country after crossing the river from the east, and then connecting with his 1818 track. The Shoalhaven River is a river on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia. For other uses of the term Jervis Bay please refer to Jervis Bay (disambiguation.
In 1822 he resigned his position and was granted a pension of £100 a year in 1823. He died on 21 April 1826. He was a most capable and industrious official, and though he does not rank among the leading explorers, he did some very valuable work while carrying out his duties during the first 20 years of the nineteenth century.
References
- Serle, Percival (1949). "Meehan, James". Dictionary of Australian Biography. The Dictionary of Australian Biography, published in 1949, is a reference work by Percival Serle containing information on notable people associated with Sydney: Angus and Robertson.
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