George Evans (explorer) - Later Life and Death

Later Life and Death

Accusations were made about irregular payments made to Evans whilst in the Surveyor-Generals position and he was despatched by ship to England to explain the matter to Lord Bathurst, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, he sailed for England on 14 November 1826. It appears Lieutenant-Governor George Arthur found it difficult to positively prove the accusations with a general loose attitude to payments within that office. Arthur even supported Evans's requested for a retirement pension. Evans returned to NSW about six years later and was shown as a stationer / bookseller in Bridge Street, Sydney. The last ten years of his life was spent at Hobart, Tasmania, where he died on 16 October 1852.