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Henry Hacking was a quarter master on HMS Sirius of the First Fleet. He returned to England after the wreck of HMS Sirius at Norfolk Island. He came back to Sydney in 1792. Between 1792 and 1800, he was involved in several explorations including an attempt to cross the Blue Mountains and was with the party that discovered the "lost cattle". Port Hacking was named after him by Mathew Flinders in 1796. In 1800-01 he was pilot at Port Jackson. In November 1801, he was sent to Hobart in disgrace for having shot and wounded a woman and later for robbing ship's stores. Both times he was condemned to death but reprieved by Governor King for his previous good conduct. In June 1804, he was appointed coxswain of Hobart and was appointed superintendant of the port of Hobart in 1819. He died at Hobart on 21 July 1831, aged 81.

William Hambley was ship's carpenter on HMS Sirius. He settled at Norfolk Island after the wreck of the Sirius and by 1796 wa supplying the government with pork. He had two children by Mary Springham.

Peter Hibbs was born in England n 1756 and sailed with Captain Cook on HMS Endeavour. He claimed to be the second Eurppean to set foot on the shore of eastern Australia after Sir Joseph Banks. He returned to Botany Bay as a seamn on HMS Sirius. In 1790, he was stranded on Norfolk Island after the wreck of the Sirius. In 1800 he was master of the island built sloop, Norfolk, and accompanied Flinders on his coastal explorations. In 1803, he was granted 100 acres at Mulgrave Place. In 1806 he married Mary Bardo and had five sons. He died at Portland Head on 12 September 1847, aged 91.

Francis Hill was master's mate on HMS Sirius. In November 1789, he was lost in the North Shore while making his way back tio the ship. He left a wife.

Thomas Harmsworth

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Date Arrived: 26th Jan 1788
Ship Arrived on: Prince of Wales
Rank on Discharge: Private Royal Marines
Date of Enlistment: Dec 1777
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Date of Discharge: 30 April 1788
Where Discharged: Sydney "died on duty"
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Died: 30 April 1788
Where Died / Buried: Sydney Burial Grounds
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Spouse's Name: Alice Ellis
Born: c.1758
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Date Arrived: 26th Jan 1788
Ship Arrived on: Prince of Wales
Died: 8th October 1830
Where Died / Buried: St David’s Church Cemetery, Hobart
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1. Ann Harmsworth (b1782.......d. ) m 19/1/1800 Private Samuel Marsden
2. John Harmsworth (b.1785....d.1860) joined RNSW Regiment

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History & Achievements: Thomas Harmsworth enlisted in the Royal Marines as a member of the Port Jackson Garrison. Upon his arrival he took ill and died of fever and flux. His wife Alice settled in Australia along with the childern. Alice re-married Daniel Stanfield who joined the Royal New South Wales Regiment

Francis Hixson

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Ship Arrived on: HMS Herald
Rank on Discharge: Captain RN, Captain NSW Colonial Navy 1901
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Where Discharged: Sydney RN, Sydney NSW Colonial Navy
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History & Achievements: Captain Francis Hixson was appointed Harbourmaster and Lighthouse Inspector, N.S.W. By order of the New South Wales Government, he founded the local Naval Reserve Forces of some 300 officers and men at an annual charge of £5,000 (1863). He was largely responsible for Sydney’s harbour development over 40 years. Later, a force known as ‘The Naval Volunteer Artillery’ was formed. A composite force of some 1,000 trained naval personnel was thus at the disposal of the Government, drilled and exercised at the Fort Macquarie batteries. Captain Hixson’s final service, some forty years later, was in command of the N.S.W. Naval Contingent despatched to the International Legation’s Relief Force (Pekin, 1901) during its passage to Hong Kong. Captain Hixson handed over the command there and entered on a well-earned retirement.