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Hunt, Charles Cooke (1833-1868)
by Kim Roberts
Charles Cooke Hunt (1833-1868), surveyor and explorer, was baptized at Brighton, Sussex, England, son of John George Hunt, auctioneer, and his wife Mary Ann, née Cooke. He seems to have acquired a master's certificate at Liverpool in 1859 and as a navigator arrived in Western Australia about 1863 and lived with an uncle at Newleyine. On 21 October he was appointed junior assistant surveyor to go with Walter Padbury to the country around Nickol Bay. There he explored the coast, entered Port Hedland and discovered the pass, later named after him, between the De Grey and Nickol Bay districts. In 1864 with Governor John Hampton and the York Agricultural Society as patrons he was sent to explore the country 300 miles (483 km) east of York on which H. M. Lefroy had reported hopefully.
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