ALEXANDER COLLIE

Dr 'Alexander Collie' (2 June 1793-8 November 1835) was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland and was a surgeon on board the H.M.S. Blossom from 1825 to 1828. He took part as a naturalist in the voyage of Lieutenant Preston in 1829 to Western Australia, was Government Resident at King George Sound in 1831 and explored around Albany. Collie is credited as being the man to name the Kalgan River. He became the Colonial Surgeon at Swan River Colony from 1833 to 1835. He died at King George Sound.