Benjamin Singleton (1788–1853) was a free settler, miller, and explorer of Australia in the early period of British colonisation.
He was born in England on 7 August 1788 and arrived in the Colony of New South Wales on 14 February 1792 in the Pitt, a convict ship.
[1] James and Benjamin built and operated several steam-powered and water-driven flour mills in the following years.
[3][4] In October 1817, Benjamin Singleton set out with a party of men including William Parr and Aboriginal guides to find a route, suitable for wagons, to the Hunter River.
When, in 1819, John Howe managed to reach the Hunter, he followed in part the route discovered by Singleton and Parr.
[5] In February, 1820, John Howe left Windsor with a party of fifteen, including Benjamin Singleton and two Aboriginal guides.