, ship owner and merchant from Liverpool. http://www.explorationswa.com.au/Errata/Updated_Expanded_Bio_Notes.php Updated and Expanded Biographical Notes 1826 - 1835 Bamber, Captain John. Arrived on the Nancy in 1830 and was granted a Ship Broker's licence. He was offered 6,346 acres but declined and left on the Bombay in 1830 for Hobart. Bamber made an excursion to the Collie River in January 1830. See The London Gazette Publication date:17 April 1829 Issue:18568Page:725 bankrupted in 1830.