Charles Hardwicke

Charles Hardwicke

Captain Charles Browne Hardwicke (1788–1880).[1] was an English explorer, later a farmer. He was born in Market Deeping, Lincolnshire. He settled in Launceston, Tasmania in 1816. He is best known for his claim that Tasmania's north-west coast was "quite impenetrable and totally uninhabitable".

References

  1. ^ "Hardwicke, Charles Browne (1788 - 1880)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010468b.htm. Retrieved 22 June 2009. 

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