Phillip Parker King [SEP] date of death
Phillip Parker King
Admiral Phillip Parker King, FRS, RN (13 December 1791 – 26 February 1856) was an early explorer of the Australian and Patagonian coasts.
Early life and education.
King was born on Norfolk Island, to Philip Gidley King and Anna Josepha King "née" Coombe, and named after his father's mentor, Admiral Arthur Phillip (1738-1814), (first governor of New South Wales and founder of the British penal colony which later became the city of Sydney in Australia)
subdivide the land into small parcels. Port Stephens would be a different place today if the plan had succeeded. 
Following Dumaresq's sudden death, directors appointed Captain Phillip Parker King (son of Governor Philip Gidley King) in his place. King came to office just as the depression, triggered in part by the collapse of the London wool market in 1836, began to bite. This was also a time of drought, followed by major floods.
An attempt to introduce 100 young Irish labourers in 1840/1 to relieve the