Henry Molesworth Oxley (10 April 1826 – 20 March 1867) was an Australian politician. He was born at Kirkham near Camden to

John Oxley John Joseph William Molesworth Oxley (1784 – 25 May 1828) was an explorer and surveyor of Australia in the early period of British colonisation. He served as Surveyor General of New South Wales and is perhaps best known for his two exp ...

and Emma Norton. In 1828, following the death of his father, he received a grant of land on the

Wingecarribee River The Wingecarribee River ( Aboriginal Dharawal: ''Winge Karrabee''), a perennial river that is part of the Hawkesbury–Nepean catchment, is located in the Southern Highlands region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Wingecarri ...

near

Bowral Bowral () is the largest town in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, about ninety minutes southwest of Sydney. It is the main business and entertainment precinct of the Wingecarribee Shire and Highlands. Bowral once served ...

in his father's honour. On 4 November 1854 he married Emily Orchard, with whom he had four children. In 1859 he was elected to the

New South Wales Legislative Assembly The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament Ho ...

for Camden, but he was defeated in 1860. Oxley died at Wingecarribee in 1867.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Oxley, Henry 1826 births 1867 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 19th-century Australian politicians