Narrm-narrm to the Boonwurrung. After Murray's return to Sydney on 23 March, King sent a recommendation to England that Murray be commissioned as a lieutenant. Further travels On 22 July 1802, Murray set off again in the Lady Nelson, which had become a supply ship accompanying , commanded by Matthew Flinders, in the circumnavigation of Australia. Due to her old sails and a need for caulking, she proved unfit and on 17 October, when they were off the Cumberland Islands, Flinders ordered Murray to return to Sydney. In April 1803, Governor King received a dispatch informing him that the Navy Board had refused to give Murray a full commission because he had given false details of previous service in England and had not served the required full six years as had claimed. Reluctantly, King was required to remove Murray from command of the Lady Nelson. However, he retained a good opinion of him, as evidenced by his later letters to Joseph Banks. Murray returned to England in the Glatton in May 1803. Later life There is little record of Murray's later life. He appears as the author of several English coastal charts in 1804, 1805 and 1807, which suggests he succeeded in repairing his reputation with the Admiralty, on behalf of which the maps were made. His date of death is unknown. There is record of a small vessel, The Herring, being lost in November 1814 under the command of a Lieutenant John Murray, though it is not certain if he was the same person because the name is relatively common. One source states that Murray later attained the rank of captain, and subsequently lost his life with a ship under his command outside Port Phillip Heads, but the origin of that claim is unknown. See also Lady Nelson References Citations Sources 1775 births Explorers of Australia Year of death missing Port Phillip Maritime exploration of Australia Scottish sailors 18th-century sailors 19th-century sailors