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Belhus, Western Australia
Belhus is a rural north-eastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia, in the City of Swan local government area. It is located in the Swan Valley (Western Australia), Swan Valley region, at the confluence of the Swan River (Western Australia), Swan River and the Ellen Brook. The locality is characterised by a low-density rural-residential landscape of Hobby farm, hobby farms, vineyards and light agricultural industry. It also contains several preserved historic sites from the early Swan River Colony era of Western Australia, including the homestead of pioneer settler Henry Bull (settler), Henry Bull and the final resting place of Noongar warrior Yagan. History Name Belhus is named after the Belhus Estate that formerly existed in the area, which was named after Belhus, Essex, Belhus Mansion in England. The mansion was the ancestral seat of the Sir Thomas Barrett-Lennard, 1st Baronet, Barrett-Lennard family, who came to own the Belhus Estate in the 1900s. Prehistory The waterways of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Swan
The City of Swan is a Local government areas of Western Australia, local government area of Western Australia, in the Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council, eastern metropolitan region of Perth. It is named after the Swan River (Western Australia), Swan River which traverses most of the City's urban area. Swan is centred approximately 20 km north-east of the Perth central business district. It covers 42 suburbs and localities across an area of 1,042 km2, making it the largest metropolitan LGA by area. It had an estimated population of 155,653 in 2020. The historic, administrative, commercial and industrial centre of Swan is Midland, Western Australia, Midland, a satellite city and strategic metropolitan centre of Perth. Other key areas of the City include the historic colonial town of Guildford, Western Australia, Guildford, the Swan Valley (Western Australia), Swan Valley tourism and winery region and the new town of Ellenbrook, Western Australia, Ellenbrook. Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yagan
Yagan (; – 11 July 1833) was an Aboriginal Australian warrior from the Noongar people. Yagan was pursued by the local authorities after he killed Erin Entwhistle, a servant of farmer Archibald Butler. It was an act of retaliation after Thomas Smedley, another of Butler's servants, shot at a group of Noongar people stealing potatoes and fowls, killing one of them. The government offered a bounty for Yagan's capture, dead or alive, and a young settler, William Keats, shot and killed him. Yagan is considered a legendary figure by the Noongar. After his shooting, settlers cut off Yagan's head to claim the bounty. Later, an official sent it to London, where it was exhibited as an " anthropological curiosity" and eventually given to a museum in Liverpool. It held the head in storage for more than a century before burying it with other remains in an unmarked grave in Liverpool in 1964. Over the years, the Noongar asked for repatriation of the head, both for religious reason ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Convict Era Of Western Australia
The convict era of Western Australia was the period during which Western Australia was a penal colony of the British Empire. Although it received small numbers of juvenile offenders from 1842, it was not formally constituted as a penal colony until 1849. Between 1850 and 1868, 9,721 convicts were penal transportation, transported to Western Australia on 43 convict ship List of convict ship voyages to Western Australia, voyages. Transportation ceased in 1868, at which time convicts outnumbered free settlers 9,700 to 7,300, and it was many years until the colony ceased to have any convicts in its care. Convicts at King George Sound The first convicts to arrive in what is now Western Australia were convicts of the New South Wales penal system, sent to King George Sound in 1826 to help establish a settlement there. At that time, the western portion of Australia was unclaimed land known as New Holland (Australia), New Holland. Fears that France would lay claim to the land prompted th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Burges (politician)
William Burges (1806 or 1808 – 16 October 1876) was an early settler in Western Australia who became a pastoralist and a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council. Born in Fethard, County Tipperary, Ireland in 1806 or 1808, William Burges was a brother of John Major Burges (c. 1805–?), Samuel Burges (1810–1885) and Lockier Clere Burges (senior) (1814–1886). William was also an uncle of Thomas Burges, Richard Goldsmith Burges and Lockier Clere Burges (junior) (1841–1929). In 1830, William Burges and his brothers Samuel and Lockier emigrated to Western Australia on board the ''Warrior''. Until 1837 they farmed together in the Upper Swan district. In 1837 the brothers obtained land at York. They named their homestead ''Tipperary''. Burges travelled to Ireland in 1841, and returned to York in 1844. In 1846 he was appointed a Justice of the Peace. Appointed secretary of the York Agricultural Society in 1847, he was closely involved in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellenbrook, Western Australia
Ellenbrook is an outer suburb and planned community in Perth, Western Australia, within the City of Swan local government area. It is north-east of Perth central business district, Perth's central business district and north of the regional metropolitan centre of Midland, Western Australia, Midland. It was first developed in the 1990s as a joint venture between the Government of Western Australia and private landowners in the area. Ellenbrook is a designated Satellite city, secondary activity centre within the Perth metropolitan area, serving Perth's north-eastern corridor. It forms a contiguous urban area with the adjoining communities of The Vines, Western Australia, The Vines, Aveley, Western Australia, Aveley and Henley Brook, Western Australia, Henley Brook. History Name The name Ellenbrook is derived from the nearby Ellen Brook waterway, which in turn was named after Ellen Stirling, the wife of Western Australia's first governor, James Stirling (Australian governor), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Leake (merchant)
George Leake (1786–1849) was a wealthy landholder in the early days of the Swan River Colony. Backed with considerable assets, Leake supported many of the early settlers of the colony who were struggling financially. Biography Early life George Leake was born in 1786 in London, England. His father was Luke Leake, and his mother, Ann (née Heading, 1758–1836). He arrived at Fremantle, Western Australia in the in August 1829 and quickly established himself as a merchant. Career He was instrumental in the establishment of the first Bank of Western Australia which was established in June 1837, becoming its first chairman of directors. In 1839, he was one of four unofficial nominees of the Western Australian Legislative Council, retaining his seat until his death. He was appointed magistrate in 1839 and was made chairman of the Perth Town Trust (later to become Perth City Council). Personal life He married Anne Growse, who died in 1815 leaving him with one daughter, An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Land Grants In The Swan River Colony
The Swan River Colony, established in June 1829, was the only British colony in Australia established on the basis of land grants to settlers. Under the conditions stipulated by the Colonial Office, settlers would be granted land in proportion to the value of assets and labour that they brought to the colony. To ensure "productive" use of land, settlers were not given full title to their grants until they had been sufficiently "improved". The system of land grants in the Swan River Colony continued until 1832, after which crown land was disposed of by sale at auction. Land grants for settlers Under the initial land grant conditions, settlers were granted of land for every £3 of assets invested in the colony. Assessment of the value of assets was left to the discretion of the authorities, whose valuations were inaccurate and inconsistent. One settler observed a tendency to overvalue cattle while undervaluing general cargo, and in one instance two rabbits entitled a settle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Success
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Success'', whilst another was planned: * was a 34-gun ship, previously the French ship ''Jules''. She was captured in 1650, renamed HMS ''Old Success'' in 1660 and sold in 1662. * was a 24-gun ship launched in 1658 as ''Bradford''. She was renamed HMS ''Success'' in 1660 and was wrecked in 1680. * was a 6-gun fireship purchased in 1672 that foundered in 1673. * was a store hulk purchased in 1692 and sunk as a breakwater in 1707. * was a 10-gun sloop purchased in 1709 that the French captured in 1710 off Lisbon. * was a 24-gun storeship launched in 1709, hulked in 1730, and sold in 1748. * was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1712, converted to a fireship in 1739, and sold in 1743. * was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1736; her fate is unknown. * was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1740 and broken up in 1779. * was a 14-gun ketch launched in 1754. Her fate is unknown. * was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1781 that the Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Stirling (Royal Navy Officer)
Admiral Sir James Stirling (28 January 179122 April 1865) was a British naval officer and colonial administrator. His enthusiasm and persistence persuaded the British Government to establish the Swan River Colony and he became the first Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Western Australia. In 1854, when Commander-in-Chief, East Indies and China Station, Stirling on his own initiative signed Britain's first Anglo-Japanese Friendship Treaty.Dictionary of Australian BiographJames Stirling/ref> Throughout his career Stirling showed considerable diplomatic skill and was selected for a number of sensitive missions. Paradoxically, this was not reflected in his personal dealings with officialdom and his hopes for preferment received many rebuffs. Stirling also personally led the attack in Western Australia on a group of approximately seventy Bindjareb men, women and children now known as the Pinjarra massacre. Stirling entered the Royal Navy at age 12 and as a midshipman saw action ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Western Australia
French Western Australia () was a French territorial claim in modern-day Western Australia. It was made at Dirk Hartog Island by an expedition under French explorer Louis Aleno de St Aloüarn in 1772. History French expedition On 28 March 1772, the French navigator Louis Aleno de St Aloüarn landed on Dirk Hartog Island "and became the first European to claim possession of Western Australia". The actual claim for French Western Australia on behalf of King Louis XV was made at (literally, 'Bay of taking Possession'; later ''Turtle Bay''), Dirk Hartog Island on 30 March 1772 by officer Jean Mengaud de la Hage while Louis Aleno de St Aloüarn remained aboard the ship. Members of Mengaud's ceremonial team raised the royal flag on the island and buried a bottle containing a document stating what had occurred, alongside two silver ''écu'' coins, worth six ''Livres tournois'' (Francs). This occurred in sight of Cape Inscription, where in 1696 the Dutch mariner Willem de Vlamingh h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holocene
The Holocene () is the current geologic time scale, geological epoch, beginning approximately 11,700 years ago. It follows the Last Glacial Period, which concluded with the Holocene glacial retreat. The Holocene and the preceding Pleistocene together form the Quaternary period. The Holocene is an interglacial period within the ongoing Ice age, glacial cycles of the Quaternary, and is equivalent to Marine isotope stages, Marine Isotope Stage 1. The Holocene correlates with the last maximum axial tilt towards the Sun of the Earth#Axial tilt and seasons, Earth's obliquity. The Holocene corresponds with the rapid proliferation, growth, and impacts of the human species worldwide, including Recorded history, all of its written history, technological revolutions, development of major civilizations, and overall significant transition towards urban culture, urban living in the present. The human impact on modern-era Earth and its ecosystems may be considered of global significance for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
