brother Sir Frederick Currie, 1st Baronet nephew Alfred Spencer Heathcote VC
Captain[1]Mark John Currie RN (later Vice-Admiral) played a significant role in the exploration of Australia and the foundation of the Swan River Colony, later named Western Australia.
He explored areas in New South Wales, after which he returned to a post in England. In 1829 he married and left three weeks later for Australia on the 443-ton Parmelia with his wife and servants, arriving at the coast of what was to become the Swan River settlement on 31 May 1829. Chief among the other passengers were Lieutenant Governor Captain James Stirling, Colonial Secretary Peter Brown,[2] Surveyor-General Lieutenant John Septimus Roe, botanist James Drummond and their families.
The diaries and paintings by his wife, Jane Eliza Currie, provide a glimpse into the hard life of the first settlers.[3] Her painting Panorama of the Swan River Settlement shows Fremantle in 1831. From it one can begin to appreciate the magnitude of the challenge faced by the colonists.
^When he was in Australia, Currie's naval rank was Commander, but he was always addressed as Captain in accordance with the custom in the 18th and early 19th centuries - N. A. M. Rodger, "Naval Records for Genealogists" pp 13,14
^Peter Broun spelt his surname 'Brown' until 1843, when his whole family reverted to the spelling Broun
^diary copies donated by grandson Mark Macrae are in the State Library of West Australia
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