William Henry Perrin (1831–1903) was a convict

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, who later became one of the

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's ex-convict school teachers. Born in the

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in 1831, Perrin was married with two children, and working as a

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's clerk, when he was convicted of

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and sentenced to fifteen years' transportation. He arrived in Western Australia on board the ''Palmerston'' in February 1861, and received his ticket of leave the following year. He was employed by the Dempster family at their Wongamine farm, and later purchased a small block of land on the boundary of their estate. In 1868, Perrin began teaching a small class of children there. The following year he received a government grant of for a school site, and a small schoolhouse was built. He was officially appointed a government schoolmaster in 1871, and later that year he married Elizabeth Woolhouse. William Perrin ran his school for nearly thirty years, teaching his children and some of his grandchildren there. He eventually retired in 1899 or 1900, and died in 1903.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Perrin, William Henry 1831 births 1903 deaths Convicts transported to Western Australia Settlers of Western Australia Australian schoolteachers