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	Will - Martha Bennett, 1835
		Shortly afterwards, their oldest child Eleanor married Thomas Roe in Liverpool and on the 3 May 1823 Thomas and Eleanor together with Eleanor's sister, Elizabeth, sailed for Bombay, where Thomas was an officer in the Regiment of the East India Company.
		Matilda married John Septimus Roe, the younger brother of her sister's husband Thomas, in 1829.
		John George Bennett was a member of the House of Keys from 1851.
	www.isle-of-man.com /manxnotebook/famhist/wills/1835_mb.htm (743 words)

	Fish Tales - What Fish is That - Department of Fisheries, Govt of Western Australia
		Roe’s abalone was named after John Septimus Roe.
		Roe was a surveyor aboard the Mermaid on a voyage that charted the coastline and collected animal species of the north west of Western Australia.
		Roe’s abalone are found around the western and southern Australian coast from Shark Bay to Victoria.
	www.fish.wa.gov.au /fishtales/what/what_abalone.htm (435 words)

	The Biography of Early Australia
		the seventh son of the Rev. James Roe, was born at Newbury, Berkshire, in 1797.
		Roe was fully employed for some time surveying blocks for the settlers, but he found time to do some exploring of the country in the vicinity of Perth and along the coast.
		His youngest son, A. Roe, was for many years a well-known police magistrate at Perth, and other descendants have played a prominent part in the development of the West.
	www.bendigolive.com /australia/r/roe1.htm (472 words)

	Jerramungup and Bremer Bay visitors tourist information, Great Southern WA
		The bay, from which the town derives its name, is believed to have been named by Surveyor General John Septimus Roe, who visited the area in 1831.
		John Wellstead arrived in WA in 1848 with Britain's 51st Regiment.
		Roe Park is located in the centre of Jerramungup and named after John Septimus Roe.
	www.hiddentreasures.com.au /jerramungupbremerbay.htm (1190 words)

	Mobile Internet Training in country Western Australia
		The first settlers arrived in the Roebourne area in 1863, and in 1866 the townsite of Roebourne was gazetted.
		John Septimus Roe(1797-1878) was a naval officer, surveyor and explorer.
		In 1817 Roe was posted as a Master's Mate to the surveying service in NSW and took part in numerous coastal surveys.
	www.netfx.com.au /skillsnet/TownImages2001/roebourne.htm (213 words)

	Paul Fisher: Roe Highway Stages 4 & 5
		The 8.5 kilometre extension of Roe Highway from Welshpool Road to Nicholson Road delivered a section of four-lane freeway style highway in Perth's south eastern metropolitan area to enhance transport efficiencies and infrastructure.
		Roe Highway takes its name from former surveyor general of Western Australia, John Septimus Roe and is an important traffic link between Perth's southern, northern and eastern suburbs.
		The design and construction of Roe Highway Stages 4/5 is a fine example of how excellence in engineering design and construction can provide measurable benefits to project stakeholders, the community and road users, while protecting and enhancing its surrounding environment.
	users.bigpond.net.au /paulfisher/Work/RoeHighway/Roe45.htm (871 words)

	Treasures of the Battye Library - John Septimus Roe Logbook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		John Septimus Roe completed sketches and watercolours accompanying the written account in his logbook on HMS Dick on her voyage from England to Sydney in 1817.
		The logbook with its vibrant, minutely detailed illustrations of sailing vessels, settlements, scenery and coastlines of countries in South America passed en route to Australia clearly indicate Roe was an accomplished artist.
		Roe was born in 1797 and entered the Royal Navy in 1813 as a midshipman.
	www.liswa.wa.gov.au /treasures/jsroe/index.htm (217 words)

	Treasures of the Battye Library - Arrowsmith Map (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This hand-coloured 1839 map, mounted on linen, was drawn by John Arrowsmith from the surveys of John Septimus Roe, then Surveyor-General of Western Australia.
		It shows the divisions of the south-west of Western Australia into counties, and surveys of the coastal settlements, routes of explorers, and details vegetation, soil and fauna.
		John Septimus Roe became Surveyor-General of the colony in 1829 and remained in that position for 42 years.
	www.liswa.wa.gov.au /treasures/arrowsmith/index.htm (180 words)

	Land grants in the Swan River Colony - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The "Arrowsmith map": an 1839 map of the land grants in the Swan River Colony, drawn by John Arrowsmith from the survey data of John Septimus Roe.
		The vast amounts of land promised to settlers was so far out of proportion to the available good land that Stirling was obliged to limit the amount of river frontage per grant, forcing the Surveyor-General John Septimus Roe to grant long thin "ribbon" allotments each with a small amount of river frontage.
		Stirling also limited the amount of land that each settler could claim near Perth, with the balance of their entitlements to be claimed further out, in areas yet to be declared available for selection.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Land_grants_in_the_Swan_River_Colony (1372 words)

	Walkabout - Roebourne
		It was named after the first Western Australian SurveyorGeneral John Septimus Roe.
		The first European settlers to arrive in the area were Walter Padbury and John Wellard in 1863.
		The local heritage trail is named after Emma Withnell (she was the cousin of Francis Gregory) who was the first woman settler in the Pilbara and is known as 'Mother of the North West'.
	www.walkabout.com.au /fairfax/locations/WARoebourne.shtml (1654 words)

	The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work eBook
		On the 22nd of March, 1830, we first hear of the exploring feats of Lieutenant Roe, R.N., the Surveyor-General of the new colony.
		Captain John Septimus Roe was born in 1797, and entered the navy.
		Roe, who accompanied her husband to Western Australia in 1829, pre-deceased him in 1870.
	www.bookrags.com /ebooks/10840/138.html (499 words)

	All About Bremer Bay
		By the 1820's the whalers and sealers who hunted in the southern ocean knew of Bremer Bay and used it as a stopover point.
		The town was named by Surveyor General John Septimus Roe in honour of Sir James Gordon Bremer, Captain of the Tamar, which sailed into Bremer in 1848.
		Bremer Bay is located at the mouth of the Bremer River, on the Wellstead Estuary, named after the first settler of the area, John Wellstead, whose family still lives in the area.
	www.bremerbaycaravanpark.com.au /index.php?pid=3 (207 words)

	Unconditional Compassion \| Foundation of Goodness
		As part of the John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School Tsunami Appeal, the children of Junior Primary Mirrabooka and Beechboro hosted a Rainbow Week celebrating life and the human spirit.
		They discussed John Septimus Roe School's intention of providing aid directly to Sri Vimalabuddhi Maya Vidyalaya and its 585 students, through ongoing fundraising and donations.
		The Perth City strategy is aimed at the combined impact of the Perth City Council, the WACA and the John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School, enabling the Seenigama Village School to become the beacon for community pride and its investment in the future of Seenigama.
	www.unconditionalcompassion.com /sub/PerthCommunity.htm (644 words)

	Allen Organ Perth Western Australia
		The Allen Organ in the chapel of John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School
		John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School, Western Australia's largest independent school, shares it's chapel with the Anglican Parish of St. Paul's (Mirrabooka).
		Commissioned in May 1999, this landmark structure in Perth's northern suburbs combines clean, modern lines with warmth and resonance.
	www.allenorgan.com.au /septimus.html (365 words)

	Roy Charles Merryweather\Hilda Blanch Roe
		Roy Charles Merryweather, son of James Horatio Merryweather and Elizabeth Mary Corney, was born September 03,1880 in Guisborough, Yorkshire, England.
		Hilda Blanch Roe, daughter of John Septimus Roe, was born abt.
		Septimus Roe, they had two sons and a daughter.
	www.xtal.info /merryweather/data/mer1455.html (392 words)

	Author:John Bussell - Wikisource
		Report of an excursion to the Northward from Augusta, by Mr J. Bussell, 1831
		Government Notice — Journal of an excursion to Cape Lewin, April 1830 (May 1830) by John Septimus Roe
		All original works by this author are in the public domain worldwide, because the author has been deceased at least 100 years.
	en.wikisource.org /wiki/Author:John_Bussell (72 words)

	Donald Heald Original Antique Books Prints and Maps
		This fascinating map compiled by John Arrowsmith himself surveys the coastal settlements and explorations in south western Australia from Doubtful Island Bay (east of Kent) to a point north of Perth.
		John Septimus Roe (1797-1878), mentioned in the title, was Surveyor-General for the British Colony of Western Australia for 42 years, after having served in the Navy surveying northwestern Australia and in the Burmese War.
		His years as Surveyor-General were very active, as he explored the coasts and made journeys into the interior (one is indicated on the map).
	www.donaldheald.com /s4151.html (209 words)

	Clan Stirling Online! Research Library Article
		In 1831, Surgeon Alexander Collie recorded the Aboriginal name of the range, Koi Kyeunu-ruff, which was provided to him by his Aboriginal guide Mokare.
		Surveyor-General John Septimus Roe travelled to Perth with Governor Sir James Stirling in 1835 and glimpsed "some remarkable and elevated peaks".
		The area was declared a national park in 1913, at a time when the dominant culture was bent towards clearing the bush and converting it to farmland.
	www.clanstirling.org /Main/lib/research/TheStirlingRange-Australia.html (510 words)

	Bremer Bay Community Home Page
		Bremer Bay was named in 1848, by Surveyor General, John Septimus Roe, Esq in honour of Sir James Gordon Bremer, Captain of the Tamar with whom he sailed in the 1820's.
		The main beach is only 10 minutes walk from town and has a sheltered cove for swimming (John Cove).
		There are also Tennis courts, Lawn bowls, Basketball courts, a Cricket pitch, and football oval, which is well supported by locals and visitors alike.
	www.bremerbay.com (286 words)

	Thanks
		Thanks to Sonya Varga and to Geri Newell for their help and support, especially regarding the Newell branches of the family, to Ronald Attfield for information about the family of William Cater Attfield, and to Fred Dunn for information about James Fawkes Attfield and the Texas connection.
		I am most grateful to the museum collections staff at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, Briony Hudson and Julie Wakefield, for their courtesy in providing access to the mementoes of Professor John Attfield which are in their keeping.
		The family connects with mine through the marriage of Prof John Attfield’s daughter Gertrude with Charles Norman Brooks in 1903.
	www.familytree.john-attfield.com /html/thanks.html (557 words)

	Kings Park Perth : Review from the Lost Luggage Tales
		It has been a source of pleasure to Perth residents since it was set aside as parkland in 1831 by the colony's first Surveyor General, John Septimus Roe.
		It was named Perth Park in 1872 and subsequently renamed Kings Park in 1901 to honour Edward VII's accession to the throne.
		There are memorials to both John Septimus Roe and John Forrest in the park as well as a huge karri log and a Pioneer Women's Memorial.
	www.lostluggagetales.com /reviews/kings-park-perth.shtml (396 words)

	Rock Eisteddfod judges corrupt? \| theatre australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		And John Septimus Roe, simple idea and did a bloody good job of it, but most of us didn't think they deserved 1st place.
		If the performers do, the only people they must of asked is the people from Como because I and most other schools would not say Como.
		What I think was great about JSR was they didn't loose story/characterisation, etc. with their dancing and it was REALLY easy to understand!
	www.theatre.asn.au /node/1443 (3501 words)

	Roe, John Septimus - Bright Sparcs Biographical entry
		Roe, John Septimus - Bright Sparcs Biographical entry
		John Septimus Roe was posted in 1817 as master's mate to the surveying service in New South Wales carrying on the work done by M. Flinders.
		In 1829 he took the position of Surveyor-General in the Swan River Colony and collected natural history and geological specimens.
	www.asap.unimelb.edu.au /bsparcs/biogs/P000753b.htm (109 words)

	The Colony of Western Australia. / Arrowsmith, John / 1844
		Full Title: The Colony of Western Australia; from the Surveys of John Septimus Roe Esqr.
		Is most respectfully dedicated to his venerable Friend John Middleton Esqr.
		As a testimony of Gratitude and Esteem, By his much Obliged and Humble Servant, John Arrowsmith, F.R.G.S and R.A.S. 40 Soho Square, London.
	www.davidrumsey.com /maps864.html (487 words)

	Research Interests - Sue Terwijn
		I became interested in my family tree when a 'cousin' rang me asking for information about my line of the tree.
		I had never met her before but as I had always been interested in my ancestors 'but never got round to it', we have been in touch ever since, sharing our common interests.
		Starting with just the line common to us both, which was the Roe family (John Septimus Roe, first Surveyor General of Western Australia), I got hooked!
	members.iinet.net.au /~perthdps/research/ter01.html (177 words)

	Roe in Macclesfield, UK
		Looking for info on this Roe Family from around Macclesfield and Newbury UK in 1600s and onwards.
		John Septimus Roe was first Surveyor General of Western Australia and arrived here in West Aust with his wife Matilda nee Bennett, with Capt James Stirling, on board the Parmelia at beginning of June 1829.
		Re: Roe in Macclesfield, UK Ray Hulley 1/08/01
	genforum.genealogy.com /roe/messages/227.html (84 words)

	Roe, John Septimus - Bright Sparcs Published Sources
		Roe, John Septimus - Bright Sparcs Published Sources
		Jackson, Janice Lynn Burton, Not an Idle Man: A Biography of John Septimus Roe, Western Australia's First Surveyor-General (1797-1878), West Swan, W.A.: M.B. Roe, Fremantle Arts Centre Press, Fremantle, W.A., 1982.
		Uren, Malcolm, 'Roe, John Septimus (1797-1878), naval officer, surveyor and explorer', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol.
	www.asap.unimelb.edu.au /bsparcs/bib/P000753p.htm (119 words)

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