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==Surveying in Australia== |
==Surveying in Australia== |
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At Norfolk Island he was employed correcting a previous survey which had been made without proper instruments, and he also undertook some of the administrative work. Grimes returned to Sydney in April 1794 and with the surveyor-general [[Augustus Alt]] being in bad health, he was required to take over most of Alt's work. In February 1795 he sailed north in the ''[[Francis (1793)|Francis]]'' and spent approximately one week at [[Port Stephens (New South Wales)|Port Stephens]] and reported unfavourably on the locality. |
At Norfolk Island he was employed correcting a previous survey which had been made without proper instruments, and he also undertook some of the administrative work. Grimes returned to Sydney in April 1794 and with the surveyor-general [[Augustus Alt]] being in bad health, he was required to take over most of Alt's work. In February 1795 (or 1796) he sailed north in the ''[[Francis (1793)|Francis]]'' and spent approximately one week at [[Port Stephens (New South Wales)|Port Stephens]] and reported unfavourably on the locality. |
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Grimes is responsible for fully surveying the [[Hunter River (New South Wales)|Hunter River]] in November 1801 with [[Francis Barrallier]]. In late 1802 Grimes commenced a survey of [[King Island (Tasmania)|King Island]] and [[Port Phillip]] with [[Charles Robbins (Royal Navy officer)|Charles Robbins]] in {{HMS|Cumberland|1803|2}}. On 30 January 1803, whilst on his survey of Port Phillip he and his party landed at [[Frankston, Victoria|Frankston]] where he met around thirty Indigenous people. On 2 February 1803 he reached the mouth of the [[Yarra River]]. Next day Grimes ascended the river in a boat and explored what is now the [[Maribyrnong River]] for several miles. Returning to the Yarra it was explored for several miles but the boat was stopped by [[Dights Falls]]. The journal of another member of the party, James Flemming, has been preserved,<ref>[http://www.livingmuseum.org.au/download%20pdf/Flemings%20Journal.pdf THE VOYAGE OF HIS MAJESTY'S COLONIAL SCHOONER "CUMBERLAND,"FROM SYDNEY TO KING ISLAND AND PORT PHILLIP IN 1802-3. A Journal of the Explorations of Charles Grimes, Acting Surveyor-General of New South Wales. Kept by James Flemming]</ref> and in it he several times refers to finding good soil. Although it was evidently a dry season Flemming, who was described by King as "very intelligent", thought from the appearance of the herbage that "there is not often so great a scarcity of water as at present". He suggested that the "most eligible place for a settlement I have seen is on the Freshwater (Yarra) River". A plaque at the site marks the event. Grimes returned to Sydney on 7 March 1803 and, in spite of Flemming's opinions, reported adversely against a settlement at Port Phillip. |
Grimes is responsible for fully surveying the [[Hunter River (New South Wales)|Hunter River]] in November 1801 with [[Francis Barrallier]]. In late 1802 Grimes commenced a survey of [[King Island (Tasmania)|King Island]] and [[Port Phillip]] with [[Charles Robbins (Royal Navy officer)|Charles Robbins]] in {{HMS|Cumberland|1803|2}}. On 30 January 1803, whilst on his survey of Port Phillip he and his party landed at [[Frankston, Victoria|Frankston]] where he met around thirty Indigenous people. On 2 February 1803 he reached the mouth of the [[Yarra River]]. Next day Grimes ascended the river in a boat and explored what is now the [[Maribyrnong River]] for several miles. Returning to the Yarra it was explored for several miles but the boat was stopped by [[Dights Falls]]. The journal of another member of the party, James Flemming, has been preserved,<ref>[http://www.livingmuseum.org.au/download%20pdf/Flemings%20Journal.pdf THE VOYAGE OF HIS MAJESTY'S COLONIAL SCHOONER "CUMBERLAND,"FROM SYDNEY TO KING ISLAND AND PORT PHILLIP IN 1802-3. A Journal of the Explorations of Charles Grimes, Acting Surveyor-General of New South Wales. Kept by James Flemming]</ref> and in it he several times refers to finding good soil. Although it was evidently a dry season Flemming, who was described by King as "very intelligent", thought from the appearance of the herbage that "there is not often so great a scarcity of water as at present". He suggested that the "most eligible place for a settlement I have seen is on the Freshwater (Yarra) River". A plaque at the site marks the event. Grimes returned to Sydney on 7 March 1803 and, in spite of Flemming's opinions, reported adversely against a settlement at Port Phillip. |
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