:''Two people named Lockier Clere Burges have been prominent in Western Australia. For the Lockier Clere Burges born in 1841, see Lockier Burges (1841-1929)''

Lockier Clere Burges (c. 1814–31 July 1886) was an early settler in

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Western Australia who became a leading pastoralist in the colony, and a Member of the

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. Lockier Burges was born at Fethard in

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, Ireland around 1814. In 1829, he emigrated to Western Australia with his two brothers

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and Samuel Evans Burges. The three brothers sailed for the

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on board the ''

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'', arriving in March 1830. The brothers settled on of virgin land at the junction of Ellen Brook and the Swan River at Upper Swan until 1837, before taking up of land at

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. They named their new selection Tipperary in honour of their birthplace. In 1849, Lockier and William Burges moved to the

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area, leaving Samuel at Tipperary. Initially Lockier was Superintendent of the Geraldine lead mine. In 1851 Lockier Burges selected the homestead site for ''Irwin House'' on the

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about inland from the modern site of Dongara. Burges, in partnership with Edward Hamersley,

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and Bartholomew Urban Vigors, making up the pastoral group called ''The Cattle Company'', were granted grazing leases over of land along the Irwin River and Greenough Flats, securing for the company a virtual monopoly of land in the area. In January 1860 Burges visited Ireland, returning to Western Australia in November 1862. Burges is noted in ornithology for specimens of birds obtained at York, supplied to John Gilbert and recorded by

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in ''

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''. Amongst the poorly known species he provided was one of the pied honeyeater ''

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'' and the

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of the grey falcon ''

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''. On 14 January 1879, Lockier Burges was nominated to the

. He held the position until 2 July 1884. In his final years he retired to

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, where he died, unmarried, on 31 July 1886.

References

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