About Frederick Hasselborough
Lived 1701 – 1810 (aged 108–109). Frederick Hasselborough was an Australian explorer.
Frederick Hasselborough, whose surname is also spelled Hasselburgh and Hasselburg, was an Australian sealer from Sydney who discovered Campbell (4 January 1810) and Macquarie Islands (11 July 1810).
On 4 November 1810, Hasselborough drowned in Perseverance Harbour when the jolly boat he was travelling in capsized in the wind. A woman and boy in the same boat were also killed while three men survived. Hasselborough's body was not recovered.
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Who was Frederick Hasselborough?
Australian sealer
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Frederick Hasselborough was born in 1701.
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Frederick Hasselborough died on 4 November 1810.
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Frederick Hasselborough was an explorer.
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Frederick Hasselborough was Australian.
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