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3 unusual facts about John Clements Wickham


City Botanic Gardens

The Gardens were also the home for over 100 years for 'Harriet', a tortoise reportedly collected by Charles Darwin during his visit to the Galápagos Islands in 1835 and donated to the Gardens in 1860 by John Clements Wickham, former commander of the HMS Beagle and later 'Government Resident' for Moreton Bay.

John Wickham

John Clements Wickham, 19th-century British ship captain — later a police magistrate in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Wickham, Western Australia

Wickham was established in 1970 by Cliffs Robe River Iron Associates (Robe) and named after John Clements Wickham, the captain of HMS Beagle, who surveyed the north-west coast in 1840.



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