John Murray (c.1775–c.1807) was a seaman and explorer of Australia. 1775 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1807 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

He is believed to be born in Edinburgh and began his naval career as an able seaman in 1789. He served as a midshipman in the Polyphemus from October 1794 to May 1797; as mate in the Apollo from May to December 1797, as second master and pilot of the Blazer from January to July 1798 and as mate of the Porpoise from October 1798 to July 1800. Later that year he passed his lieutenant's examination. In November 1800 he arrived in New South Wales on the ship Porpoise. He accompanied James Grant as mate on the Lady Nelson on the surveys of Jervis Bay, Westernport Bay and the Hunter River in 1801. After his return to Sydney Grant resigned his command and in September Governor King appointed Murray as acting lieutenant and commander of the Lady Nelson. Edinburgh (pronounced ; Dùn Èideann () in Scottish Gaelic) is the capital of Scotland and its second-largest city. ... 1789 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... A midshipman is a subordinate officer, or alternatively a commissioned officer of the lowest rank, in the navies of several English-speaking countries. ... 1800 (MDCCC) was an exceptional common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, but a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. ... Emblems: Floral - Waratah (Telopea speciosissima); Bird - Kookaburra (Dacelo gigas); Animal - Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus); Fish - Blue Groper (Achoerodus viridis) Motto: Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Slogan or Nickname: First State, Premier State Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Government Const. ... Genera Neophocaena Phocoena - Harbor porpoises Phocoenoides - Dalls Porpoises The porpoises are small cetaceans of the family Phocoenidae; they are related to whales and dolphins. ... There have been several people named James Grant. ... The Lady Nelson was a vessel used in the exploration of the coast of Australia in the early years of the 19th century. ... Jervis Bay can refer to: Jervis Bay Territory, New South Wales, is an Australian territory which includes the naval base HMAS Creswell. ... Western Port looking west from French Island to the Mornington Peninsula Western Port (also known as Western Port Bay) is an inlet on the southern coast of Australia from Bass Strait and the Pacific Ocean, adjacent and to the east of Port Phillip on which is sited Melbourne, the capital... The Hunter River is a major river in New South Wales, Australia. ... The Union Jack, flag of the newly formed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ... The Lady Nelson was a vessel used in the exploration of the coast of Australia in the early years of the 19th century. ...

Under instruction he returned to Bass Strait and the southern Victorian coast. On 14 February 1802 he entered Port Phillip Bay for the first time and anchored off what became the quarantine ground. From his diary: Bass Strait (IPA /bæs/) is a sea strait separating Tasmania from the south of the Australian mainland (Victoria in particular). ... Emblems: Pink heath (floral)Weedy Seadragon (Aquatic) helmeted honeyeater (bird) Leadbeaters possum (faunal) Motto: Peace and Prosperity Slogan or Nickname: Garden State, The Place To Be, On The Move Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Government Const. ... February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... --69. ... There is also Local Government Area called the City of Port Phillip. ...

...Sunday 14 February am Grant’s Point bore E by N distant 10 miles and Cape Shanks NW distant 7 miles; kept running down the land. am. At half-past 10 South Head of the new Harbour or Port N by E 8 miles distant; by noon the island at entrance of harbour bore N half a mile distant. At this time we had a view of this part of the spacious harbour, its entrance is wide enough to work any vessel in, but, in 10 fathoms. Bar stretches itself a good way across, and, with a strong tide out and wind in, the ripple is such as to cause a stranger to suspect rock or shoals ahead. We carried in with us water from 14 to 16 fathoms. Kept standing up the port with all sail set.

Monday, 15 February pm Working up, the port with a very strong ebb against us, we however gained ground. The southern shore of this noble harbour is bold high land in general and not clothed as all the land at Western Port is with thick brush but with stout trees of various kinds and in some places falls nothing short, in beauty and appearance, of Greenwich Park. Away to the eastward at the distance of 20 miles the land is mountainous, in particular there is one very high mountain which in the meantime I named Arthur’s Seat...to the NE by N, about 5 miles from the south shore lies a cluster of small rocky islands and all round them a shoal of sand; plenty of swans and pelicans were found on them when the boat was down, from which I named them Swan Isles. To the NE by E there is an opening, and from our masthead no land could be seen in it. The northern shores are low with a sandy beach all along. At half-past 3 pm we got to anchor in a sandy cove in 7 fathoms water, bottom fine sand – Swan Isles bearing NE by N distance 5 miles, a bold rocky point which I named Point Paterson ESE 1½ miles, a long sandy point named Point Palmer west, 1½ miles, and the nearest point of the shore SW ½ of a mile distant...

He spent more than a month surveying the bay naming such landmarks as Arthur's Seat, Swan Island and Point Patterson. On the 8 March he took possession of Port Phillip, which he named Port King, and which King renamed later. Arthurs Seat is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Swan Island (islands) is composed of three Honduran islands known as Great Swan, Little Swan and Booby Cay which are located at latitude 17 deg. ... March 8 is the 67th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (68th in Leap years). ... Port Phillip seen from Frankston on the eastern shore of the bay. ...

On July 22, 1802 he set off on Matthew Flinders circumnavigation of Australia commanding the Lady Nelson as a secondary supply ship. Due to old sails and a need for caulking she proved unfit and on 17 October when they were off the Cumberland Islands Flinders ordered Murray to return to Sydney. July 22 is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... --69. ... Captain Matthew Flinders. ... To circumnavigate a place, such as an island, a continent, or the Earth, is to travel all the way around it by boat or ship. ... The Lady Nelson was a vessel used in the exploration of the coast of Australia in the early years of the 19th century. ... Caulking - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ... October 17 is the 290th day of the year (291st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Cumberland Islands are a group of 70 islands on the Great Barrier Reef, off coast from Mackay, Queensland, Australia. ...

In April 1803 Governor King received a dispatch informing him that the Navy Board had refused to give Murray a full commission because he had given false details of previous service in England and had not served the required full six years as had claimed. King had to remove Murray from command of the Lady Nelson in disgrace. Murray returned to England in the Glatton in May 1803 never to return to Australia again. He later appears as the author of several English coastal charts in 1804, 1805 and 1807. His date of death is unknown. A small vessel, The Herring, of four guns, under the command of a Lieutenant John Murray foundered in November 1814 (W. L. Clowes, The Royal Navy, Vol. V, p. 555). But the name is a common one and there may be no connexion. P. St J. Wilson, in his The Pioneers of Port Phillip, says that Murray rose to the rank of captain in the navy, and afterwards lost his life with a ship under his command outside Port Phillip heads but the authority for this statement could not be traced. 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... For the international law of the sea, see Admiralty law. ... The Lady Nelson was a vessel used in the exploration of the coast of Australia in the early years of the 19th century. ... Glatton – in Huntingdonshire (now part of Cambridgeshire), England – is a village near Connington south of Yaxley. ... 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1805 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1807 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

References

• Vivienne Parsons, 'Murray, John (1775?-1807?)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vol. 2, Melbourne University Press, 1967, p. 272.
• Serle, Percival (1949). “Murray, John”, Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus and Robertson.