# John Bingle

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{{short description|(1796-1882) sailor, merchant and landholder}}
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'''John Bingle''' (1796–1882) was an English-born sailor who became a businessman and landowner in Newcastle, New South Wales.

== Early life ==
John Bingle was born on 15 May 1796<ref name=":0">{{Citation|last=Gray|first=Nancy|title=Bingle, John (1796–1882)|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bingle-john-1780|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|place=Canberra|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|access-date=2020-11-25}}</ref> in [Gillingham](/source/Gillingham%2C_Kent), Kent, England.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=1921-12-16|title=CAPTAIN JOHN BINGLE.|pages=5|work=Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954)|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139921444|access-date=2020-11-25}}</ref> He was the only surviving son of John Rayden Bingle.<ref name=":0" /> He was educated at [Chatham](/source/Chatham%2C_Kent).<ref name=":0" /> He was employed in the naval dockyard from 1812 to 1817 when he joined the [merchant marine](/source/Merchant_navy), namely the [East India Company](/source/East_India_Company).<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

== Arriving in Australia ==
Bingle arrived in Australia at the age of 25 as a second officer on the [convict](/source/Convicts_in_Australia) ship [''Minerva''](/source/Minerva_(1805_ship)) on 16 December 1821.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=John Bingle|url=https://www.jenwilletts.com/john_bingle.htm|access-date=2020-11-25|website=www.jenwilletts.com}}</ref> Soon after, he went to [Lake Macquarie](/source/City_of_Lake_Macquarie) with Rev. George Augustus Middleton.<ref name=":2" />

== Surveying Port Macquarie ==
In January 1822 received instruction from Governor Brisbane to proceed on the ship ''Sally'' to [Port Macquarie](/source/Port_Macquarie) then to sail to search for a large river that was believed to exist between [Port Macquarie](/source/Port_Macquarie) and [Sandy Cape](/source/Sandy_Cape).<ref name=":2" /> He was commissioned by Governor to go as far as [Moreton Bay](/source/Moreton_Bay).<ref name=":0" /> He failed to discover [fresh water](/source/fresh_water) but received permission to build a vessel for trade with Newcastle.<ref name=":0" />

== Puen Buen ==
He acquired 1800 acres of land which he named Puen Buen in 1820s.<ref name=":2" /> He became a squatter on property which is located at [Dartbrook](/source/Dartbrook).<ref name=":1" /> [Drought](/source/Drought) caused him to sell his land and start businesses in Newcastle.<ref name=":1" /> Later he sold his land to [John Robertson](/source/John_Robertson_(premier)).<ref name=":2" />

== Business ==
He became business partners with Robert Coram Dillon and established a business at No.2 Watt Street, Newcastle.<ref name=":2" /> His business was dissolved in 1824.<ref name=":2" /> Bingle & Co established the first regular trading service between Sydney and Newcastle in 1822, carrying coal, cedar and merchandise in the ''Sally.''<ref name=":0" /> Bingle sold his interest in venture after convicts stole his ship, the ''Eclipse.''<ref name=":0" /> Five years after selling Puen Buen, he became director of two banks, a member of the diocesan committee of Christ Church and chairman of the Exchange.<ref name=":0" />

== Other achievements ==
After he retired from His Majesty's services he applied for leave to build a vessel for the coal called the ''Eclipse.''<ref name=":1" /> He worked as [magistrate](/source/magistrate) and was famous for catching a [bushranger](/source/bushranger) in [Scone](/source/Scone%2C_New_South_Wales).<ref name=":1" /> He built the first [courthouse](/source/courthouse) in 1832 in Scone.<ref name=":0" /> He became the first [chairman](/source/Chairperson) of the [chamber of commerce](/source/chamber_of_commerce) in 1856.<ref name=":1" /> He designed the coat of arms of the City of Newcastle and had a key role in the adoption of the New South Wales flag.<ref name=":1" /> The first telegraph from Sydney to Newcastle on 11 January 1860 was sent from his office.<ref name=":0" />

== Personal life ==
In August 1824 in Hobart Bingle married Mary Cross.<ref name=":0" /> They had a son and two daughters.<ref name=":0" /> He gave many [donation](/source/donation)s to [church](/source/Church_(building)) and [hospital](/source/hospital) [funds](/source/Funding).<ref name=":0" /> He moved his family to England in 1837,<ref name=":0" /> but returned to Australia in 1842.<ref name=":2" />

Bingle died on 10 April 1882 at age 80.<ref name=":2" /> He was highly respected in Newcastle and flags were flown at [half-mast](/source/half-mast) in his honour.<ref name=":2" /> He was buried in the Christ Church graveyard.<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
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== External links ==

* [https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/tqqf2h/alma99183959420902061 Colonial Secretary's papers 1822-1877], [State Library of Queensland](/source/State_Library_of_Queensland)- includes digitised letters written by Bingle to the [Colonial Secretary of New South Wales](/source/Colonial_Secretary_of_New_South_Wales)
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Category:British emigrants to the Colony of New South Wales

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