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Acting Surveyor General sent to the Hunter River to complete surveys of the River
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HR NSW Vol. IV. Hunter and King. 1800, 1801, 1802. Ed by F. M. Bladen. p 597 - 598
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Accompanying Frederick Kirkwold and Ensign Barralier up the Hunter River to search for 'cardjang'
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HR NSW, Vol. VI, King and Bligh 1806, 1807, 1808. . p. 574
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Resigned as Acting Judge-Advocate
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A Voyage to Terra Australis by Matthew Flinders
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No runs of fresh water were seen in my excursions; but Mr. Charles Grimes surveyor-general of New South Wales afterwards found several, and in particular, a small river falling into the northern head of the port. Mr. Grimes was sent by governor King, in 1803, to walk round, and survey the harbour; and from his plan I have completed my chart of Port Phillip. The parts of the coast left unshaded are borrowed from him, and the soundings written at right angles are those of his companion, Lieutenant Robbins.
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St. James Church, Sydney
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Married - By special license by Rev. Richard Hill on 2nd August 1825, Mr. John Grimes, son of Charles Grimes, formerly Surveyor General of the Colony, to Miss Mary Ann Atkinson
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Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
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In 1790 Charles Grimes was appointed deputy-surveyor of roads, to be employed on Norfolk Island. He sailed to Sydney in the Gorgon next year and reached the island in November. He surveyed the land of the settlers from the Sirius, returned briefly to Sydney to report and went back to correct other surveys which had been made without proper instruments. He was appointed head constable on the island, and helped Lieutenant-Governor Philip Gidley King in his administration, until he went back to the mainland to assist Surveyor-General Augustus Alt who was in ill health
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To Port Stephens in the 'Francis'
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HRA, Series 1, Vol.1, 1788 - 1796. Governors' Despatches to and From England. p. 490.
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Deputy Surveyor. Sent to survey Port Stephens by Captain Paterson
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To Port Stephens in the 'Francis'
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Reported that the natives of Port Stephens were a taller, stouter race and very unfriendly
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To Port Stephens in the 'Francis'
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Saved from being speared by natives at Port Stephens by 'Wilson' shooting at the native