Colonel David Collins (3 March 1756--24 March 1810) was the first Lieutenant Governor of the Colony of Van Diemens Land, founded in 1804, which in 1901 became the state of Tasmania in the Commonwealth of Australia.
Colonel David Collins (3 March 1756--24 March 1810) was a British Irish administrator of Britain's first Australian colonies. In 1804, Collins became the founding Lieutenant Governor of the Colony of Van Diemens Land, which in 1901 became the state of Tasmania in the Commonwealth of Australia.