Edwin Augustus Porcher

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Edwin Augustus Porcher was a sketcher and naval officer. He was scientific observer and unofficial artist aboard the Royal Navy's corvette Fly which, with the schooner Bramble, carried out the first hydrographic survey of the north-eastern Australian coast in 1842-45.
creator of
Settlement at Port Essington. June 1845
 
creator of
Australia, Wigwams at Gould [sic] Island, Being One of the Places Where the Boats of the Fly Were Attacked by the Natives. May 20th 1843
 
creator of
Port Molle of the NE Coast, Where the Remains of a Wreck Was Discovered, March 27th 1843
 
creator of
Booby Island in Torres Straits Where a Post Office Was Erected for the Use of Vessels Passing Through. August 14th 1843