John Oxley

John Joseph William Molesworth Oxley (1784 – 25 May 1828) was an English explorer and surveyor of Australia in the early period of British colonisation. He served as Surveyor General of New South Wales and is perhaps best known for his exploration of the Tweed River and the Brisbane River in what is now the state of Queensland. Early lifeJohn Oxley was born in 1784 at Kirkham Abbey near Westow in Yorkshire, England, and baptised at Bulmer in St Martin's Church on 6 July 1784.