British Military ( 1818 - 1834 )

• Joined 1818
• 39th Regiment
• Travelled; Spain, Ireland, Canada and France
• Fought against Napoleaon - At Spain and Waterloo
• Escorted Convicts to Australia
• Appointed Military Secretary to Govenor Ralph Darling
• Left the army 1834 to marry

Explorer (1828 - 1846 )

• The Macquarie, Lachlan, Murrumbidgee, Darling and Murray River Systems
• 4,800kms Explored
• 1828 Macquarie Darling Rivers
• 1829 Murrumbidgee River
• 1829 - 1830 Lake Alexandria and The Murray River
• 1844 - 1846 Murray River to where it joins the Darling

Author ( 1834, 1849 )

Commander on Norfolk Island ( 1832 )

Farmer ( 1835 )

Surveyor-General (March 1839 ) replaced due to mix up at London office, changed to:

Registrar-General South Australia ( 1839 - 1842 )

Chairman of the Bench of Magistrates ( 1842 )

First President of the Agricultural Society ( 1842 )

Colonial Secretary/Tresurer ( 1849 - 1851 )

Returned to England - Australian Authority (1853 - 1869 )

To be Knighted (1869 )