AUSTRALIANA Biography Aboriginal –

• xvi, 578 p., [44] p. of plates : ill., facsims., geneal. table, maps, ports. ; 23 cm. Second Edition. #180825 (No dustjacket, gift inscription on prelims.)

• p. 456-457 discussion of land contract between Port Phillip Association and Aboriginal chiefs.

  First Nations (AIATSIS) Subject:

  • Race relations – Violent
  • Settlement and contacts – Settlers
  • Avon River (SW WA SH50-14)
  • Helena River (SW WA SH50-14)
  • Wannon River (W Vic SJ54-07, SJ54-08)
  • Swan River (SW WA SH50-14)
  • Geelong (Vic SJ55-09)

  Subject:

  • Henty family
  • Pioneers — Australia — Biography
  • Frontier and pioneer life — Australia
  • Western Australia — History — To 1829
  • Victoria — History — 1834-1851
  • The Henty brothers were a family of seven brothers, sons of Thomas Henty and Frances Elizabeth née Hopkins,^[1] who are generally considered to be the first Europeans to establish a permanent agricultural settlement in Victoria, Australia.^[2] The brothers were:
    • James (1800–1882), founded James Henty and Company, merchants. He married Charlotte Carter.

    • Henry (1833–1912), took over his father’s company, inherited uncle Francis’s fortune
    • Herbert James (1834–1902), squandered the family fortune in his brother’s absence^[3]
    • Thomas (1836–1887), grazier and, briefly, MLC for Southern Province
      • a grandson Sir Denham (1903–1978), Senator for Tasmania;^[4]
    • Frances Charlotte (1838–1925) who married James Balfour, a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council.

    • Charles (1807–1864), banker and member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
    • William (1808–1881), solicitor, member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council for Tamar, and colonial secretary in the Weston cabinet
    • Edward (1810–1878), pioneer, first permanent land based^[5] settler in Victoria, Australia taking up property in 1834.^[5]
    • Stephen George (1811–1872), member of the legislative council of Victoria, 1856–1870
      • Richmond (1837–1904), author
      • Walter Thomas (1856–1917), farmer at Hamilton
    • John (1813–1869), pastoralist in Victoria
    • Francis (1815–1889), farmer and grazier