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.)
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p. 456-457 discussion of land contract between Port Phillip Association and Aboriginal chiefs.
- First Nations (AIATSIS) Subject:
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- 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.
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- 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
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