McLean, to set up a whaling station, and built for himself the first house in Portland, at "Single Corner" (aka "Whaler's Point") on the sandspit; in January 1830 he was picked up by the Henry to embark on another sealing expedition.

[2] He sailed to Portland with the Hentys' head man Alexander Campbell, and was in charge of construction of huts for the shore party.

[6] Dutton commanded the whaler Lady Mary Pelham that outside the whaling season sailed as transport between Hobart and Portland for the Hentys from 1844.

Around 1830, Dutton bought an Aboriginal woman named Kalloongoo, also known as "Sarah", as a slave from James Allen, who had abducted her in the late 1820s.

[14] Abandoning Kalloongoo, Dutton later married a Mary Sagers or Saggers[1] (c. 1820 – 23 August 1885) of Launceston in 1843; they had a home at Kelso, on the Tamar River.