William Hutchinson (1772 – 26 July 1846) was a British convict who was transported to the Australian colonies, ultimately to become a successful public servant and businessman.
Hutchinson was by trade a butcher in England. In June 1796, Hutchinson was convicted at the Old Bailey of stealing £ 40 worth of goods, and was sentenced to death, though this was later commuted to transportation for seven years. After spending three years in London on board the prison hulk Newgate, Hutchinson was transported to Australia on the Hillsborough, sometimes referred to as the "Fever Ship" since some ninety-five of the three hundred convicts aboard died from typhoid fever brought aboard from the prison hulks.
Most of the Norfolk settlers were relocated to the recently founded Hobart Town, in the colony of Tasmania. He had participated in the 1816 founding of the Bank of New South Wales, and was a director of the bank from January 1829 onwards. went into flour mill operating partnership. The Mill was renamed the Lachlan and Waterloo Flour Mills.
In 1835 he was elected a director of the Marine Insurance Co. and the Australian Wheat and Flour Co.