Young Bingham Hutchinson

Young Bingham Hutchinson (born 14 August 1806 in Richmond, Surrey, England – d. 3 August 1870 at Hindmarsh valley, South Australia) was a Royal Navy officer, early explorer and settler of South Australia.

In April 1837, Hutchinson and a servant named William Burt were the first recorded Europeans to reach the summit of Mount Lofty, the highest point of the Adelaide Hills.

[2] Later that year, in November, Hutchinson, Thomas Bewes Strangways and a party explored the Fleurieu Peninsula and the Lake Alexandrina region, discovering Currency Creek.

[1] Purchasing a number of town blocks and other property in the Encounter Bay district, Hutchinson was also made South Australia's second emigration agent, from September 1837 to February 1838, following the dismissal of John Brown.

After returning to South Australia, he and his family lived at his property at Hindmarsh Valley, near Victor Harbor, where he died in 1870.