John Shillinglaw

John Joseph Shillinglaw , (30 September 1831 – 26 May 1905), was a public servant, author and historian in Australia.

Shillinglaw was born in London, the eldest son of John Shillinglaw and his wife Emma Nicholas, née Taylor.

In 1870 Shillinglaw became proprietor and editor of the Colonial Monthly magazine. He published "Arctic Discovery" in 1850, and in 1865 edited "Cast Away on the Aucklands," a book which the Times said was as interesting as Robinson Crusoe. In 1858 he compiled a "Shipmaster's Guide," for Victorian mariners. Some early annals of the colony, which he discovered in 1878, were printed by Parliament under the title of "Historical Records of Port Phillip."