Author:William Preston

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William Preston
(1803–)

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Officer in the British Royal Navy; served in the "first fleet" to visit Western Australia

Works

Journal of the Proceedings of a party of Officers and men, for the purpose of crossing the Darling Range of Mountains, under the orders of Lieutenant Preston, R.N. (1829)
Journal of the Proceedings of a party of Officers and men; at Browne Mount, Cockburn Sound, for the purpose of exploring the Canning River and the intervening country, as respects the soil, &c. (1829)

Works about Preston

"Preston, William," in Royal Naval Biography (p. 392), by John Marshall, London: John Marshall (1823–35)
“Preston, William,” in A Naval Biographical Dictionary by William Richard O'Byrne, London, England: J Murray (1849).

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