John Hunter maroon plaque

Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Governor John Hunter Governor of New South Wales 1795-1800 Born Leith 29th August 1737 Died London 13th March 1821. John Hunter, son of Leith ship master, was second in command aboard H.M.S. Sirius to Governor Arthur Phillip who founded the colony in January 1788. He returned to be the colony's seco

nd Governor and conducted its Government with sense, duty and humanity. This bust was donated to the Scots Australian Council in Edinburgh by its sculptor, Victor Cusack, and the Scottish Australian H

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