Samuel Anderson

Samuel Anderson (1803–1863), agriculturist and explorer, was an early settler of Tasmania and Victoria, Australia.

Anderson was born in Kirkcudbright, Scotland, and attended the Kirkcudbright Academy. He emigrated to Van Diemens Land and in 1835 established the third permanent European settlement in Victoria at Bass on Western Port with his brothers Hugh and later Thomas. Anderson had arrived in Hobart aboard the "Lang" in September 1830 and was employed as bookkeeper for Van Diemen's Land Company at Circular Head Tasmania. In 1835 he left the company and sailed to Westernport. It has been suggested

Anderson Inlet and the locality of Anderson, near Inverloch, are named after his family.