Henry Dendy (1800-1881) was born in Abinger, Surrey, England. He is best known for his purchase in 1841 of , or eight square miles, of land approximately 12 km south-east of Melbourne,

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, Australia. The land, known as Dendy's Special Survey, was purchased from the Crown for one pound an acre under the terms of the short-lived Special Survey regulations. Dendy established the township of

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on his land purchase. Dendy is also associated with

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, Victoria where he was an early settler and operated a flour mill. A depression hit the colony in 1843 and Dendy was bankrupted in 1845. Dendy died at Walhalla,

on 11 February 1881.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dendy, Henry 1800 births 1881 deaths Settlers of Melbourne People from Mole Valley (district)