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Major Edmund Lockyer arrived as a British soldier in Sydney, New South Wales, in 1825. Later that year, he was given command of an expedition to explore the upper reaches of the Brisbane River. He became the first European to sight coal in the region.

Lockyer later went on to lead an expedition to claim Western Australia for Britain. He established a military base at King Georges Sound which originally bore the name of Frederick's Town: it was later renamed Albany.

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