Henry Flett (1 April 1810 – 8 November 1877) was a Scottish-born Australian politician. He was born in Caithness to farmer Henry Flett and Diana Stephens. He migrated to

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around 1834 and farmed with William Stewart, a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. In 1841 he married Mary Wynter, with whom he had ten children. He bought land on the

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, and bought the estate of

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, where he founded the town. In 1859 he was elected to the

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for

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, where he served until his defeat in 1864. Flett died at Taree in 1877.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Flett, Henry 1810 births 1877 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 19th-century Australian politicians