# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-collins
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:17:17.551Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-collins"
name: "David Collins"
slug: "david-collins"
description: "Colonel David Collins was a British military officer and colonial administrator who was appointed as the first Judge-Advocate to the British colony of New South Wales. He sailed with Governor Arthur Phillip on the First Fleet and assisted in the founding of what is now known as the city of Sydney. He became secretary to the Governor and was later tasked with establishing a secondary colony in Port Phillip. Collins deemed the site unsatisfactory and transferred this settlement to Van Diemen's Land, where he was appointed Lieutenant Governor and founded the city of Hobart."
tagline: "British colonial administrator (1756-1810)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Collins.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1756-03-03"
deathDate: "1810-03-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.02
  momentum:             0.06191950464396286
  historical:           8.290066666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B4_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B7"
    title: "Дейвід Коллінз"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2_(%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A)"
    title: "ديفيد كولينز (سياسي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "دايفيد كولينز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Collins_(Gouverneur)"
    title: "David Collins (Gouverneur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Collins_(lieutenant_governor)"
    title: "David Collins (lieutenant governor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Collins_(gouverneur)"
    title: "David Collins (gouverneur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%99%D7%99%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%93_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A1"
    title: "דייוויד קולינס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Collins_(governador)"
    title: "David Collins (governador)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B7%2C_%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4_(%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82-%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80)"
    title: "Коллинз, Дэвид (лейтенант-губернатор)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q931448"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump