Frederick Clause

Frederick Rushbrook Clause (2 December 1791 – 10 November 1852) was a naval surgeon, an early explorer in Western Australia, and an artist.

In February 1826 he joined James Stirling's ship HMS Success, serving with it until August 1828.

Consequently, he was on board Success in March 1827 when it arrived at the Swan River, on an exploration expedition for the purpose of assessing the area's suitability for establishing a British colony there.

At the end of the expedition, Clause wrote a letter on the healthiness of the climate, in support of Stirling's observations on the territory, and Charles Frazer's comments on the soil.

Believed to be based on a sketch by the expedition's artist Frederick Garling, it was etched and lithographed by the marine artist William John Huggins, and published under the name Setting Camp of the Naval Survey Expedition at Clause's Lagoon, Western Australia.