John Pascoe Fawkner

John Pascoe Fawkner (20 October 1792 – 4 September 1869) was an early Australian pioneer, businessman and politician of Melbourne, Australia. In 1835 he financed a party of free settlers from Van Diemen's Land (now called Tasmania), to sail to the mainland in his ship, Enterprize. Fawkner's party sailed to Port Phillip and up the Yarra River to found a settlement which became the city of Melbourne.

For other people named John Faulkner, see John Faulkner (disambiguation).

John Pascoe Fawkner

(1792-10-20)20 October 1792

Cripplegate, London, England, Kingdom of Great Britain

4 September 1869(1869-09-04) (aged 76)

Collingwood, Colony of Victoria, British Empire

British

Businessman, pioneer, politician

Eliza Cobb

John Fawkner, Hannah Pascoe

History of Melbourne

Billot, C.P. (1985). The Life and Times of John Pascoe Fawkner. Melbourne: Hyland House. 0-908090-77-3.

ISBN

(1949). "Fawkner, John Pascoe". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. Retrieved 18 October 2008.

John Pascoe Fawkner