James Teer

James Teer (c. 1826 – 30 April 1887) was a New Zealand goldminer, mariner and castaway. He was born in Newcastle, County Down, Ireland, in about 1826. He emigrated to Australia at the age of 18. He was a passenger aboard the General Grant when it was shipwrecked in the Auckland Islands, and was one of only 10 survivors out of a total of 83 people aboard.