James Stirling (Royal Navy officer)
Admiral Sir James Stirling (28 January 179122 April 1865) was a Scottish naval officer. He is also reponsible for the creation of the Swan River Colony. He was the first Governor  of Western Australia. In 1854, as Commander-in-Chief of theEast Indies and China Station, Stirling signed Britain's first Anglo-Japanese Friendship Treaty. Stirling showed diplomatic skill and was selected for many important missions. Stirling also led the attack in Western Australia on a group of about seventy Bindjareb men, women and children. This is now known as the Pinjarra massacre.