Charles McCarty was a seaman when he arrived at Sydney aboard the Scarborough in January 1788 as part of the First Fleet. He was made boatswain on 12 January 1788.
* information from Mollie Gillen, The Founders of Australia: A Biographical Dictionary of the First Fleet (1989), p 228
'McCarty, Charles (?–?)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/mccarty-charles-31430/text38883, accessed 13 May 2026.