Robert Watson (harbourmaster)

Robert Watson (1756–1819) was a British sailor who arrived in Australia with the First Fleet as quartermaster of the ship Sirius.[1]

In 1801 Watson was granted land at South Head in Sydney Harbour, in what is now known as Watsons Bay.

References
  1. Lea-Scarlett, E. J. (1967). "Watson, Robert (1756–1819)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. 2. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 22 April 2015 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
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