David Burton

David Burton (died 1792) was a botanist and surveyor in early colonial New South Wales.

He arrived in the colony in 1791 as superintendent of convicts, and with a private commission to collect plant and seed specimens for Sir Joseph Banks. He was immediately set to work surveying around Parramatta.

Late in 1791, Arthur Phillip asked Burton to write a report on the quality of the soil in the Parramatta region.

Burton collected a great many specimens for Banks over the following year, but in 1792 he accidentally shot himself while exploring the Nepean River.