•
Samuel Lightfoot had arrived as a convict on the first fleet. He then received one of the first grants for land on the lower north shore of
Port Jackson in the vicinity of
Jeffrey Street, Sydney. Shortly after the expiration of his sentence, he returned to England, where he petitioned to be allowed to return with his wife, though she appears not to have sailed. Lightfoot subsequently returned to Australia and then traveled on the
Ocean from
Port Phillip, arriving in
Tasmania in 1804. The
Lieutenant-Governor of the new settlement at
Port Phillip, David Collins subsequently appointed Lightfoot supervisor of the hospital in
Hobart Town. Lightfoot died in 1818, aged 65. •
Ann Jane Hobbs, an American was a public servant appointed to the Collins expedition in 1803, at the last minute. He left England before instructions or a formal commission for his office as the Deputy Commissary could be issued. Still, he took charge of all government stores at Collins Settlement at Port Phillip. When David Collins moved the settlement to Van Diemen's Land, Fosbrook pitched his marquee on Hunter's Island, which became the site of the original commissariat store. For some years Fosbrook carried out his duties to Collins's entire satisfaction, but around August 1809, he resigned his office after a disagreement with the lieutenant-governor. The position of Deputy Commissary then went to George Harris. In April 1810, Fosbrook travelled to Sydney with the news of Governor David Collins's death. While there he successfully sought reinstatement as Deputy Commissary at Hobart Town. He was for a short time also appointed magistrate and first treasurer of the police fund. was a surgeon in the Royal Lancashire Regiment. In January 1803, he was commissioned as a civil assistant surgeon to accompany Lieutenant-Governor David Collins and his expedition to Port Phillip. When David Collins moved the settlement to Van Diemen's Land, Bowden was one of the first ashore, landing at
Frederick Henry Bay on 12 February 1804. Bowden played a prominent role at Hobart attending to the sick. He was granted of land at Humphrey's Rivulet in August 1804, where he had a vegetable garden and crops, and began to acquire livestock. Bowden attended Governor David Collins at his death in March 1810, then became first assistant surgeon of the civil medical establishment in Hobart. In October 1810 Governor
Lachlan Macquarie granted him an additional of land on the Derwent River. Bowden's sudden death on 23 October 1814, shocked the whole community of Hobart. was 47 years old when he was appointed agricultural superintendent to sail with Lieutenant-Governor David Collins on the supply ship
Ocean on 24 April 1803, for Port Phillip. After Collins decided to abandon Port Phillip and move the settlement to Van Diemens Land, Clark, then in charge of the convicts, supervised the reloading of stores onto
Ocean. In August 1804, Clark was put in charge of the government farm at New Town, where the colony's stock had been sent. In October 1807, Clark took up residence in the main settlement at Hobart Town as storekeeper. He was still in government employment when, with J. Barnes, he printed in 1810, Tasmania's first newspaper, the Derwent Star and
Van Diemens Land Intelligencer. This was a government journal edited by George Harris. Thomas Clark was granted of land, which he finally located at Campania. He was appointed superintendent of convicts once more, but resigned in 1812. Clark died in December 1828, his death not being recorded in the press. ==Notes==