#OnThisDay 2 February1803 the Surveyor General, Charles Grimes, sailed up the Yarra River in present day Melbourne. On his return to Sydney on 7 March he reported unfavourably about the future settlement at Port Phillip.
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Appointed Deputy Surveyor General of roads, Norfolk Island in 1790 and head constable in 1792. He returned to Sydney in 1794 and became a magistrate and superintendent of public concerns at Parramatta the following year.
He became Surveyor General in 1801; explored the Yarra River 1803; returned to England 1804-6; joined the rebels in 1808 and was forced to resign 1811.
