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Matthew Bowden

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Matthew Bowden (1779–1814) served as surgeon in the Royal Lancashire Regiment and assistant surgeon on David Collins' 1803 expedition to found a British settlement in Port Phillip, now part of Victoria, Australia. The settlement (and Bowden) relocated to Hobart, Tasmania in early 1804.

He died in Tasmania on 23 October 1814.

See also

Ocean (1794 ship), the merchant ship that carried Bowden to Port Philip
History of Victoria, for the 1803 British settlement of Port Phillip

References

"Bowden, Matthew (1779–1814)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 1. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. 1966. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 14 December 2014.