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Seebaer van Nieuwelant (born 27 July 1623), son of Willemtgen and Willem Janszoon, was born south of Dirk Hartog Island, in present-day Western Australia. His father, not to be confused with the earlier Dutch explorer of the same name, was a midshipman from Amsterdam. He and his wife were aboard the Leijden, commanded by Claes Hermanszoon, which was charting the coast at the time. Their son's name in Dutch meant "sea-born (or sea-birth) of new land".[1]

Claims have appeared in Australian newspapers in recent times of first children born to European parents in each of the colonies:

New South Wales
  • Commonly cited as the first white child[2] or the first white female born in Australia, Rebecca Small (22 September 1789 – 30 January 1883), was born in Port Jackson, the eldest daughter of John Small[3] a boatswain in the First Fleet which arrived at Botany Bay in January 1788.

Elizabeth Baker, born in Sydney Cove, of Susannah Huffnell, convict First Fleet and William Baker, sergeant of Marines First Fleet, baptised in Sydney Cove on 1 January 1789, hence born in 1788.[4]

Later articles put her as the second white female,[5][6] then with historical evidence of convict women having given birth earlier, the claim (originating with a notable descendant) was qualified with the expression "free born", but even so, genealogists reckon she may have been the twentieth.[7]

Small married Francis Oakes on 27 January 1806;[8] George Oakes and Francis Oakes were two of their sons.
Victoria
  • William James Hobart Thorne (25 November 1803[9] – 2 July 1872) was born at Port Phillip, in what was still part of New South Wales but became Victoria, during the short-lived settlement led by Lieutenant-Governor David Collins. Thorne married Elizabeth Norman (c. 1812 – 9 January 1876) on 1 January 1830.[10]

Other names have been proposed:

  • A child, name not yet found, born at Port Phillip on 30 December 1835 to James and Mary Gilbert.[11]
  • A child, name not yet found, born in 1836[12] to Sara Honey (c. 1808 – 10 April 1904)[13]
  • John Wood Fleming (3 June 1837 – )[14]
  • Richmond Henty (3 August 1837 – 1904)[15] has been claimed as the first[16] or second[17]
the congregation of these dates can have nothing to do with the declaration of the Colony of Victoria, which occurred much later, on 1 July 1851.
South Australia
  • A girl child was born at sea sometime between May and July 1836 aboard Duke of York to T. Hudson Beare and Lucy Ann Beare née Loose (c. 1803 – 3 September 1837), but died before touching land at Kangaroo Island.[18] Mrs Beare died following a later childbirth.[19]
  • John Rapid Light Hoare (7 November 1836[20][21] – )
  • Fanny Lipson Finniss (1 January 1837[22] – 30 May 1865), daughter of B. T. Finniss. She married Frederick George Morgan on 15 December 1853.
  • Also noteworthy, Henry Wilkins (1 January 1837 – ), father of Hubert Wilkins, was born to William Wilkins and Mary Wilkins, née Chivers, passengers aboard Emma, arr. October 1836.
  • Elizabeth Ann Hobbs, daughter of Frederick and Mary, born 16 April 1837, acknowledged the priority of Fanny Finniss.[23]
Queensland
  • Amity Moreton Thompson (later Wright) (21 September 1824 - October 1900).[24] Amity was the daughter of one of the detachment of guards sent to establish the colony of Moreton Bay. She was named after the ship on which her parents, Robert and Mary, sailed and the place they landed.
  • Sarah McCann (later Graham) (1831– )[25]
  • Jimmy Hexton (25 September 1832 – 12 February 1914)[26]
Western Australia
  • Sophia Roe (25 December 1829 – 6 October 1901) was a daughter of Capt. John Septimus Roe. She married Samuel Pole Phillips on 29 April 1847.[27]
Tasmania
  • son, name not yet found, born c. April 1803 to Mrs and Dr Matthew Bowden (1779 – 23 October 1814) aboard Lady Nelson while in Derwent River.[28]
  • Jane, surname not yet found, (c. May 1803 – May 1873) was born shortly after her parents arrived by Lady Nelson. She married William Bradshaw.[28]
  • (William) Dalrymple Keating (2 December 1804 – 11 August 1884)[29]
  • First white male child born in Sullivan Cove, River Derwent - George Kearly Jnr born 9 July 1804 per gravestone but possibly 14 July 1804 per birth record [30] and died 15th July 1804,[31] son of George Kearly, a colonial marine & Mary Kearly nee Cook. Gravestone in Saint David's Burial Ground, 20 Sandy Bay Road, Hobart, Tasmania.[32]
Northern Territory
  • Elizabeth Melville Richardson, born c. 27 March 1827 to John and Jane Richardson on Fort Dundas, Melville Island.[33]
  1. ^ From the journal of the Leijden (or Leyden): "On the 27th do. WILLEMTGEN JANSZ., wedded wife Of WILLEM JANSZ. of Amsterdam, midshipman, was delivered of a son, who got the name of SEEBAER VAN NIEUWELANT." J. E. Heeres (1899). The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia 1606-1765, p. 49. Accessed via Project Gutenberg, 22 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Australian Patriarchs". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). No. 2657. New South Wales, Australia. 23 January 1888. p. 6 (Centennial Supplement to the Daily Telegraph). Retrieved 3 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Personal". The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser. Vol. 41, no. 3042. New South Wales, Australia. 1 May 1928. p. 2. Retrieved 27 September 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Biography - Elizabeth Kelly - People Australia".
  5. ^ "Death of Mrs Oakes". Nepean Times. Vol. 1, no. 52. New South Wales, Australia. 3 February 1883. p. 6. Retrieved 2 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "The Late Mrs Oakes". Australian Town and Country Journal. Vol. XXVII, no. 683. New South Wales, Australia. 10 February 1883. p. 17. Retrieved 2 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "First White Girl". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 31, 254. New South Wales, Australia. 4 March 1938. p. 7. Retrieved 3 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "The Oakes Family". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 29, 016. New South Wales, Australia. 3 January 1931. p. 5. Retrieved 3 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "The Late Robert Thorne". The Mercury (Hobart). Vol. LIV, no. 6, 116. Tasmania, Australia. 27 September 1889. p. 2. Retrieved 2 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "Finding Settlements First Son". The Age. 16 November 2003. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  11. ^ "The Legend of Thomas Henty". The Sun (Sydney). No. 1688. New South Wales, Australia. 4 August 1935. p. 17. Retrieved 7 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ^ "Concerning People". The Register (Adelaide). Vol. LXIX, no. 17, 913. South Australia. 12 April 1904. p. 4. Retrieved 27 September 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. ^ "Obituary". Adelaide Observer. Vol. LXI, no. 3, 263. South Australia. 16 April 1904. p. 33. Retrieved 4 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. ^ "Intercolonial". The North West Post. No. 28. Tasmania, Australia. 4 June 1887. p. 3. Retrieved 2 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  15. ^ "History of the Henty Family". Portland Guardian. Vol. LXXXXI. Victoria, Australia. 22 March 1934. p. 2. Retrieved 7 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  16. ^ "Death of Mr Richmond Henty". Portland Guardian. Vol. LXII, no. 5263. Victoria, Australia. 27 April 1904. p. 2. Retrieved 4 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  17. ^ "The Beginning of Farming in Victoria". The Daily Telegraph (Launceston). Vol. XXXIV, no. 107. Tasmania, Australia. 6 May 1914. p. 4. Retrieved 4 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  18. ^ "Thomas Hudson Beare". Kangaroo Island Pioneers Association. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  19. ^ "Concerning People". The Register (Adelaide). Vol. LXXII, no. 18, 919. South Australia. 3 July 1907. p. 7. Retrieved 24 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  20. ^ "The First-born South Australian". South Australian Register. Vol. XXI, no. 3461. South Australia. 7 November 1857. p. 3. Retrieved 7 October 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  21. ^ "London to South Australia". The Northern Argus. Vol. VII, no. 494. South Australia. 2 May 1876. p. 2. Retrieved 1 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  22. ^ "South Australia's First Girl". The Register (Adelaide). Vol. LXXXIV, no. 22, 549. South Australia. 15 February 1919. p. 10. Retrieved 7 October 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  23. ^ "The First Girl Born in South Australia". The Observer (Adelaide). Vol. LXIV, no. 3, 420. South Australia. 20 April 1907. p. 24. Retrieved 9 January 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  24. ^ "Exploring family history documents: electoral rolls and early birth registers". www.slq.qld.gov.au. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  25. ^ "Obituaries". South Coast Bulletin. Vol. 11, no. 602. Queensland, Australia. 20 October 1939. p. 12. Retrieved 7 October 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  26. ^ "Passing of a Pioneer". Truth (Brisbane newspaper). No. 732. Queensland, Australia. 22 February 1914. p. 4 (City Edition). Retrieved 27 September 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  27. ^ "A Golden Wedding". The West Australian. Vol. 13, no. 3, 492. Western Australia. 5 May 1897. p. 7. Retrieved 2 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  28. ^ a b "The First Tasmanian White Woman". The Mercury (Hobart). Vol. XXII, no. 3852. Tasmania, Australia. 6 May 1873. p. 2. Retrieved 9 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  29. ^ "The First White Tasmanian". The Mercury (Hobart). Vol. XXV, no. 4444. Tasmania, Australia. 15 December 1874. p. 2. Retrieved 10 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  30. ^ "Kearly, George". librariestas.ent.sirsidynix.net.au. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  31. ^ "Libraries Tasmania - RGD34-1-1". stors.tas.gov.au. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  32. ^ "George Kearly". www.myheritage.com. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  33. ^ "Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter" (PDF). CSIRO. September 2002. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

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