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.
The mighty Anglo-Saxon tribes who once ruled all of Britain anciently bestowed the proud and noble English surname of Lockyer to designate a person who was a locksmith. It is first recorded in Warwickshire, where they held a family seat from ancient times.
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Edmund Lockyer was born in 1784.
Lionel Lockyer died in 1672.
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Edmund Lockyer was a British soldier, explorer in southeast Queensland area and the discoverer of coal in the area. In 1825, he was commissioned to lead an expedition to the upper reaches of the Brisbane River, which had only been settled the previous year. Arriving in the fledgling settlement of Brisbane, he made his way up the Brisbane River, where he identified coal seams in the area now settled as Ipswich. In 1826, Edmund Lockyer was sent to claim the western half of the Australian continent for Britain. He arrived at King George Sound on Christmas Day in 1826, and established a military base which he named Frederick's Town (now Albany).
Nicholas Lockyer died in 1685.
Nicholas Lockyer was born in 1611.
Roger Lockyer was born in 1928.
Clifford Lockyer was born in 1949.
Robert Lockyer died in 1649.
Robert Lockyer was born in 1625.
Tom Lockyer died in 1869.
Tom Lockyer was born in 1826.