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Rear Admiral Phillip Parker King, FRS, RN (13 December 1791 – 26 February 1856) was an early explorer of the Australian and Patagonian coasts. [1] Early life and education.
Phillip Parker King (1791-1856), naval officer, hydrographer and company manager, was born on 13 December 1791 at Norfolk Island, the son of Philip Gidley King and his wife Anna Josepha, née Coombe. Young Phillip sailed for England with his parents in October 1796 in the Britannia.
Phillip Parker King (1791-1856) Updated. 22/07/20. King was for some years the only Australian-born man elevated to prominence outside the Australian colonies. King was a distinguished navigator and a marine surveyor, and towards the end of his life was promoted to rear admiral.
King was the first and for years the only Australian-born person to attain eminence in the world outside the Australian colonies. In 1836 Darwin described him as 'my beau ideal of a captain', but later commented that his journal abounded with 'Natural History of a very trashy nature'. Image: Admiral Phillip Parker King (undated)
In Alligator Rivers. …explored in 1818–20 by Captain Phillip Parker King, who named them in the belief that the crocodiles infesting their lower swampy, jungle-fringed reaches were alligators (actually, alligators are not indigenous to Australia).
Phillip Parker King was the son of Philip Gidley King, third Governor of the colony of New South Wales, and his wife Anna Josepha King. Born on Norfolk Island in 1791, he is often referred to as the first Australian born person to have achieved success beyond the colony.
Phillip Parker King, the eldest son of Governor King, was born on Norfolk Island in 1791. He joined the British Navy and was the first Australian to become an admiral. In 1817 King was given command of an expedition to complete the exploration of the north-western coast of Australia.
