John Septimus Roe (1797–1878), English naval surveyor and explorer of Western Australia
It was amongst the earliest species of Verticordia to be described, by Stephen Endlicher in 1838, using a collection that was gathered by John Septimus Roe at an unknown location.
In October 1840, Surveyor-General John Septimus Roe, together with Wickham and Stokes published Sailing Directions for the Navigation About Rottnest Island.
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The river was named after Captain Thomas Bannister who was the first European to discover the river in 1830 by Surveyor General John Septimus Roe in 1832.
The first European to discover the river was Surveyor General John Septimus Roe in 1848 who named it the Gore River after one of Captain James Cook's crew from the Endeavour, Lieutenant John Gore.
Both the river and the inlet were named by John Septimus Roe while exploring and surveying the area in 1848 after his friend Admiral John Lort Stokes.
Other people depicted in the work include Lieutenant Governor James Stirling, Captain Charles Fremantle, Commander Mark John Currie, Major Frederick Irwin, Captain William Dance, the Colonial Secretary Peter Broun, Dr William Milligan and the Surveyor-General Lieutenant John Septimus Roe.
In 2009, as part of the annual Foundation Day celebrations to commemorate the school's 20th year, the school's principal Matthew Hughes JP commissioned the creation of a statue of John Septimus Roe in his youth, the sculpture was later changed to be of Roe during the early years of his work as the Surveyor General.