Alexander Collie

[1] He sailed on the frigate Doris to Tenerife, China and the East Indies, before returning to Europe to study botany, mineralogy and chemistry.In 1824 he was a surgeon on board HMS Blossom and travelled to Africa, Brazil, Chile, the Sandwich Islands, California, Kamchatka Peninsula, Taiwan and Mexico.This was part of the expeditionary group, including the barque Parmelia, which set out from Portsmouth in February 1829 to found the colony of Western Australia.His decision to return to England was made too late; although he had embarked on HMS Zebra, he died before the ship left Western Australian waters.[3] A Mexican bird species, the black-throated magpie-jay (Calocitta colliei Vigors, 1829), was named after him following his visit to the area on the Blossom in the 1820s.
King George SoundbotanistWestern AustraliaAberdeenshireEdinburghFellowship of the Royal College of SurgeonsTenerifeEast IndiesmineralogyHMS BlossomBrazilSandwich IslandsCaliforniaKamchatka PeninsulaTaiwanHMS SulphurbarquePortsmouthLieutenant-GovernorJames StirlingRottnest IslandGarden IslandSwan RiverCollie RiverPreston RiverThomas PeelAlbanySwan River ColonyMokareAlbany Town HallPioneer CemeteryColliegranitemonolithCollie StreetFremantleMexicanspeciesblack-throated magpie-jayCalocitta collieiVigorsturtleChelodina collieiWilliam J. HookerG. A. W-ArnottEuropean and American voyages of scientific explorationAustralian Dictionary of BiographyThe West AustralianGoogle BooksUniversity of Western Australia Press