John Pascoe Fawkner
John Pascoe Fawkner (20 October 1792 – 4 September 1869) was an early pioneer, businessman and politician of Melbourne, Australia. In 1835 he financed a party of free settlers from Van Diemen's Land (now called Tasmania), to sail to the mainland in his ship, Enterprize. Fawkner's party sailed to Port Phillip and up the Yarra River to found a settlement which became the city of Melbourne.
Early years
John Pascoe Fawkner was born near Cripplegate London in 1792 to John Fawkner (a metal refiner) and his wife Hannah née Pascoe, whose parents were Cornish. As a 10-year-old, he accompanied his convict father, who had been sentenced to fourteen years gaol (jail) for receiving stolen goods, being transported on HMS Calcutta—alongside his mother and younger sister Elizabeth— as part of a two ship fleet to establish a new British colony in Bass Strait in 1803. The colony landed at Sullivan Bay, near modern-day Sorrento, and the next day Fawkner turned 11. For several months the colony struggled to survive. There were some 27 convict escape attempts, including that of William Buckley. Lack of wood and fresh water eventually persuaded Lieutenant-Governor David Collins to abandon the colony in 1804 with the settlers and convicts departing for the new town of Hobart in Van Diemen's Land.
John Pascoe
John Henry Pascoe AC, CVO (born circa 1949 in Far West, New South Wales) is Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia and Deputy Chancellor of the University of New South Wales.
Background and career
Pacoe was raised in Broken Hill and Menindee, the only child of a grazier and a mother with interests in the mining industry. He studied Asian languages and philosophy at the Australian National University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1969 and Bachelor of Laws (Honours) in 1971.
Prior to his appointment to the bench, Pascoe was the Chairman and CEO of George Weston Foods, Chairman of Centrelink, Deputy Chairman of Aristocrat Leisure Limited and managing director of the Insurance and Risk Management Division of Phillips Fox. He has also held positions on several other corporate boards, such as Qantas. Pascoe is currently a member of the board of directors of the International Award Association (which operates the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme). Previously he has held positions on the boards of the Cancer Council of New South Wales, the Sydney Opera House Trust, and the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children.
John Pascoe (mountaineer)
John Dobrée Pascoe (1908–1972) was a New Zealand mountaineer, photographer, writer, editor, historian and archivist. He was born in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1908.
Career
Pascoe was the founding secretary of the National Historic Places Trust in 1955. In 1960 he was controller of the Wildlife Branch.
Mountaineering
John Pascoe climbed extensively throughout the South Island of New Zealand conquering many previously unclimbed peaks.
Publications
Books written by John Pascoe include:
Podcasts:
