Wickham Island (other)

	Wickham Island (other) Wickham Island may refer to a number of places named after John Clements Wickham: Australia Two islands in Western Australia: * Wickham Island (Kimberley coast), an island in the Timor Sea * Wickham Island (Recherche Archipelago), an island off the south coast of WA Chile * Wickham Island (Chile) Solomon Islands * an island in the New Georgia Islands group {{geodab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	John Clements Wickham John Clements Wickham (21 November 17986 January 1864) was a Scottish explorer, naval officer, magistrate and administrator. He was first lieutenant on during its second survey mission, 1831–1836, under captain Robert FitzRoy. The young naturalist and geologist Charles Darwin was a supernumerary on the ship, and his journal was published as ''The Voyage of the Beagle''. After that expedition, Wickham was promoted to Commander and made captain of the ''Beagle'' on its third voyage, from 1837 and conducted various maritime expeditions and hydrographic surveys along the Australian coastline. In 1843, after his retirement from the Royal Navy, Wickham was made Police Magistrate and, later, Government Resident of the Moreton Bay District, in the Colony of New South Wales (NSW). Wickham retired in 1859, when the Moreton Bay District was separated from NSW, forming basis of the Colony of Queensland. When the Queensland and NSW governments disagreed over which was responsible ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Wickham Island (Kimberley Coast) Wickham Island () off the Kimberley Kimberly or Kimberley may refer to: Places and historical events Australia * Kimberley (Western Australia) ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Kimberley * Kimberley Warm Springs, Tasmania * Kimberley, Tasmania a small town * County of Kimberley, a ... coast of Western Australia is a small island in the Timor Sea. Gazetteer of Australia (1996). Belconnen, ACT: Australian Surveying and Land Information Group. References Islands of the Kimberley (Western Australia) {{WesternAustralia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Wickham Island (Recherche Archipelago) Wickham Island is located in the Recherche Archipelago off the south coast of Western Australia. Gazetteer of Australia (1996). Belconnen, ACT: Australian Surveying and Land Information Group. References Recherche Archipelago {{WesternAustralia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Wickham Island (Chile) Wickham Island may refer to a number of places named after John Clements Wickham: Australia Two islands in Western Australia: * Wickham Island (Kimberley coast), an island in the Timor Sea * Wickham Island (Recherche Archipelago), an island off the south coast of WA Chile * Wickham Island (Chile) Solomon Islands * an island in the New Georgia Islands group {{geodab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]