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William Hovell
William Hilton Hovell (26 April 1786 – 9 November 1875) was an English explorer of Australia.
==Early life==
Hovell was born in Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. His father was captain and part owner of a vessel trading to the Mediterranean, which, during a voyage in 1794, was captured by the French and taken into a port, where he became a prisoner of war for two years. William, when only 10 years of age, went to sea to earn his living. After going through the hard life of a foremast hand, at 20 years of age he was mate of ''Zenobia'' bound to Peru, and two years later he was a mercantile marine captain of the ''Juno'' bound to Rio Janeiro, and others. He decided to come to Australia, arriving at Sydney New South Wales by the ship ''Earl Spencer'', with his wife Esther ''née'' Arndell (daughter of the surgeon Thomas Arndell). and two children, a boy and a girl, on 9 October 1813.〔
〕 Making an association with Simeon Lord, Hovell became master of a vessel and made several trading voyages along the east coast of Australia coast and to New Zealand.
In June 1816, while in command of ''The Brothers'' he was shipwrecked in the Kent Group, Bass Strait, and along with his crew of eight survived for 10 weeks on the wheat from their cargo that was washed up, before being rescued by the ''Spring''. In 1819 he settled on the land near Sydney and did some exploring in a southerly direction; he discovered the Burragorang Valley in 1823.
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