Michael Clarkson (7 June 1804 – April 1871) was one of the early settlers in colonial Western Australia and in particular the Avon region.
The party left in late 1830, and found and named the Avon River flowing through good pastoral country.
[3] Clarkson sold his grant at Wilberforce and returned to Peninsula farm and worked as a commission agent at Guildford.
The price of sheep and wool had fallen and many farmers, including the Drummonds and Clarksons, were finding it hard to make a living.
Clarkson had leased the Mt Anderson grant where he had a large flock of sheep and was cropping 23 hectares (56 acres).
He was a trustee of the Anglican Church, and became one of the vice presidents at the inaugural meeting of the Newcastle Mechanics' Institute in July 1866.