Complete Trivia Brings you Who am I?

Who am I?brought to you va Complete Trivia
I was born in London in 1774

and trained as a surveyor

before buying a commission in the New South Wales corps.

I arrived in Sydney in 1800 and was posted to Norfolk Island for six years.

I returned to Sydney and started to acquire land and in 1808,

I was appointed aide-de-camp to Major George Johnston

who led the rum rebellion against Governor Bligh.

I was summoned to London in 1810 to give evidence at the

court martial of Johnston and on returning to Australia,

I was given a large tract of land at prospect.

I was appointed commandant of the new settlement at Bathurst

and given another large grant of land on the Campbell River there,

for my part in the expedition which found a route across

the Blue Mountains - I am?