Crawford Pasco

Crawford Atchison Denman Pasco (17 January 1818 – 28 February 1898) was a Royal Navy officer and Australian police magistrate during the 19th century. and other Australian papers. After repeated clashes with officers of the hulks, following a board of inquiry, in 1857 he was transferred to Swan Hill later he was magistrate at Maryborough, Port Albert and Alexandra with many other magistrates he was dismissed on 24 January 1878.

Retirement Pasco retired in Melbourne and became a founder member of the Victorian branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia in 1884, he was chairman of the first Antarctic Exploration Committee.

In 1885, he published Early exploration of Australia. In 1897 he published A Roving Commission, a vivid account of his naval life.

Family Crawford Pasco (1818–1898) was the youngest son of Rear Admiral John Pasco and his wife Rebecca, née Penfold. and Mary Thompson née Townsend. After the death of his first wife he married Francis Emily Barker, daughter of Dr. Thomas Barker and Francis Alicia née Lauder of Melbourne.

There were nine and three offspring respectively from his marriages.