Forby Sutherland
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Forby Sutherland was a member of the crew of the Endeavour during Lieutenant (later Captain) James Cook's voyage to New South Wales. He died while the ship was in Botany Bay, making him the first British subject to die in Australia and the first European to die in New South Wales.
Life and death in Australia
Sutherland was an able seaman and also the ship's poulterer (which meant he prepared game birds for the table, including for instance those shot by Joseph Banks and Lieutenant John Gore).Ray Parkin, H. M. Bark Endeavour, Miegunyah Press, second edition 2003, {{ISBN|0-522-85093-6}}
Cook logged that Forby Sutherland died of consumption on the evening of 30 April 1770 while the ship was anchored in the Bay, and was buried ashore at Kurnell the following morning.{{gutenberg|no=8106|name=Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World}} He had been afflicted by that condition ever since leaving the Le Maire Strait.Journal of Master's Mate Richard Pickersgill, reproduced in Parkin above The actual date of burial was 2 May.
Memorial
Near the landing place, in Kurnell there is a memorial stone, noting that Forby Sutherland was the first British subject to die on Australian soil. The memorial was unveiled on 29 April 1933.{{Cite news | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16971690 | newspaper = The Sydney Morning Herald | date = 27 April 1933 | page = 12 | title = Memorial Stone at Kurnell}}
Henry Kendall wrote a poem called "Sutherland's Grave", in remembrance of Forby Sutherland and his burial in Australia.{{Cite book | title = The Poems Of Henry Kendall | page = 164 | author = Henry Kendall}}
Some attribute the name of the Sutherland area as his legacy.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sutherlandshire.nsw.gov.au/Council/About-the-Shire/Shire-Suburb-Origins|title=Origin of the names of suburbs and other places|date=October 2016|website=Sutherland Shire Council|access-date=7 November 2016|archive-date=1 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601213822/http://www.sutherlandshire.nsw.gov.au/Council/About-the-Shire/Shire-Suburb-Origins|url-status=dead}} Forby Sutherland Memorial Park {{nowrap|({{coord|-34.030|151.060|type:landmark_region:AU|display=inline|name=Forby Sutherland Memorial Park}})}} is in the suburb of Sutherland.{{NSW GNR | title = Forby Sutherland Memorial Park | id =JPwGvqZTan}}
Sutherland Point
Sutherland Point ({{coord|-34.002|151.222|dim:2000_region:AU|display=inline|name=Sutherland Point}}) is the headland at the eastern end of Kurnell beach inside Botany Bay, Australia.{{cite web| url=http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/gazd01?rec=87173| title=Sutherland Point page| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001031837/http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/gazd01?rec=87173| archive-date=2007-10-01| website=Geoscience Australia}}
The point was named Point Sutherland by Captain Cook, for crewman Forby Sutherland.
References
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Further reading
- {{Cite book|url=http://encore.sutherlandshire.nsw.gov.au/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1046597__Sforby%20sutherland__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&suite=cobalt|title=Forby Sutherland|last=Walker|first=John|publisher=Sutherland Shire Historical Society|year=1968|location=Sutherland Shire, N.S.W.}}
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