SNIPPET: John HARRIS, RN (1754-1839) was born in Co. Derry. He entered the Royal Navy and in 1790 reached Sydney as Surgeon of the NSW Corps. He was appointed Magistrate in 1800 and Head of Police in 1802. In 1817 he helped to found the Bank of NSW. HARRIS accompanied OXLEY on his discovery of Liverpool Plains and became one of the largest landowners in the Colony. His papers were discovered in an attic above a pig farm in Co. Tyrone, IR. -- Cork's "Irish Roots" periodical