Forby Sutherland was a member of the crew of the Endeavour during Captain Cook's voyage to New South Wales. He died while the ship was in Botany Bay, making him the first British subject to die in Australia and the first European to die in New South Wales.

Cook logged that he died of consumption

Tuberculosis

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 on the evening of 30 April 1770 while the ship was anchored in the Bay, and was buried ashore at Kurnell the following morning. He had been afflicted by that condition ever since leaving the Le Maire Strait

Le Maire Strait

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. The actual date of burial was 2 May.

Sutherland was an able seaman and also the ship's poulterer (which meant he prepared game birds for the table, including for instance those shot by Joseph Banks

Joseph Banks

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 and Lieutenant Gore).

Near the landing place of Captain Cook, in Kurnell

Kurnell, New South Wales

Kurnell is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Kurnell is located south of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Sutherland Shire....

 there is a memorial stone, noting that he was the first British subject to die on Australian soil. The memorial was unveiled on the 29 April 1933.

Henry Kendall

Henry Kendall

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 wrote a poem called "Sutherland's Grave", in remembrance of Forby Sutherland and his burial in Australia.

Some attribute the name of the Sutherland

Sutherland, New South Wales

Sutherland is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Sutherland is located 26 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the Sutherland Shire....

 area as his legacy. Forby Sutherland Memorial Park is in the suburb of Sutherland.

Sutherland Point

Sutherland Point (34.002°N 151.222°W) is the headland at the eastern end of Kurnell beach inside Botany Bay

Botany Bay

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, Australia

Australia

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The point was named Point Sutherland by Captain Cook, for crewman Forby Sutherland.