(1791 - 1839)

Cunningham was sent by Sir Joseph Banks to collect natural history specimens from Brazil, before arriving in New South Wales in 1816. Cunningham was part of John Oxley's expedition down the Lachlan River, and travelled with Phillip Parker King on four of his voyages to the north and west coasts of the colony during the years 1818 to 1821. In 1823 he discovered Pandora's Pass north of Bathurst. Other expeditions he was involved with led to the discovery of Darling Downs in 1827, and Cunningham's Gap in 1828.

He returned to England in 1831, and was recalled to the colony 6 years later as colonial botanist, but following a series of disagreements with the then governor over his duties he visited New Zealand for a time. He published only a few papers on botany and geography, leaving most of the information on the thousands of specimens he collected unpublished.

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