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Henley Brook, Western Australia
Henley Brook is an outer suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located in Perth's Swan Valley region. It is north-east of Perth's central business district in the City of Swan local government area. Henley Brook is notable for its local history and landmarks, dating back to the foundation of the Swan River Colony. The eastern side of the locality near the Swan River is rural-residential, with many wineries, hobby farms and tourist attractions situated along West Swan Road, while the western side is dense suburban residential, forming part of the wider urban area of nearby Ellenbrook. History Name The name Henley Brook is taken from the waterway of the same name that passes through the area. The brook in turn is named after Henley Park, a name given to the area by James Stirling on his 1827 expedition of the Swan River. Henley Park was originally the name of an estate in Surrey, England, belonging to one of Stirling's relatives. Colonial era During the 1801 Baudin expeditio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perth
Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The Extremes on Earth#Other places considered the most remote, world's most isolated major city by certain criteria, Perth is part of the South West Land Division of Western Australia, with most of Perth metropolitan region, Perth's metropolitan area on the Swan Coastal Plain between the Indian Ocean and the Darling Scarp. The city has expanded outward from the original British settlements on the Swan River (Western Australia), Swan River, upon which its #Central business district, central business district and port of Fremantle are situated. Perth was founded by James Stirling (Royal Navy officer), Captain James Stirling in 1829 as the administrative centre of the Swan River Colony. The city is situated on the traditional lands of the Whadju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Swan Road
West Swan Road is a road in the Swan Valley (Western Australia), Swan Valley wine region in the northeastern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. Starting in the centre of Guildford, Western Australia, Guildford, it provides access to the wineries of the region and to The Vines, Western Australia, The Vines golf resort. It was gazetted in 1979 The gazettal describes the route from Guildford and suburbs passed in detail. and was known as road numbers 4288 and 1116 in plans and maps. File:West Swan Road south from Benera Road.ogv, Heading south from Benara Road File:West Swan Road bridge to Guildford.ogv, Crossing the Swan River into Guildford Intersections The entire road is within the City of Swan. Note the intersection list also includes Meadow Street for continuity down to Great Eastern Highway. See also References Roads in Perth, Western Australia Articles containing video clips {{WesternAustralia-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Saunders (politician)
Henry John Saunders (16 February 1855 – 13 October 1919) was an Australian engineer, businessman and politician. He was a prominent mining entrepreneur during the Western Australian gold rush and served on the Western Australian Legislative Council (1894–1902), as mayor of Perth (1895–1898), and briefly as a Senator for Western Australia (1903). Early life Saunders was born on 16 February 1855 in London, England, the son of Thomas Bush Saunders, a barrister and chief magistrate of Bradford-on-Avon, and Maria Albers (née Pedder). He attended Clifton College in Bristol, then trained as a civil engineer. Engineering career Saunders immigrated to Western Australia in 1884 and settled in Perth, where he became the chief engineer of the Midland Railway Company. He subsequently went into partnership with James Barratt in the firm of Saunders and Barratt. In 1887, Saunders and Barratt developed a plan for Perth's first metropolitan water supply scheme. Their proposal envisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Ralph Brockman
Edmund Ralph Brockman (22 October 1828 – 17 September 1908) was an Australian farmer and politician who was a member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia on three occasions – from 1878 to 1880, from 1887 to 1889, and from 1890 to 1891. Brockman was born in Kent, England, to Frances Elizabeth (née Hamersley) and William Locke Brockman. His parents moved to Western Australia when he was an infant, arriving in the Swan River Colony in January 1830 (just months after its establishment). Several members of Brockman's family also became members of parliament – his younger brother, Henry Brockman; his uncle, Edward Hamersley Sr.; and two of his first cousins, Edward Hamersley Jr. and Samuel Hamersley. At the age of 18, Brockman took over the management of ''Seabrook'', a property on the Mortlock River which his father had bought for him. He moved to Herne Hill (on the Swan River) after his father's death in 1872, and in 1875 was elected chairman of the Swan Road ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lionel Samson
Lionel Samson (1799-15 March 1878) was an early Swan River Colony settler and businessman whose firm, Lionel Samson & Son, is the second oldest continuing family business in Australia. It is likely his father was Michael Samson, "a member of one of the old established and wealthy families of English Jewry", according to the Australian Dictionary of Biography. After studying at Oxford University and being a member of the London Stock Exchange he emigrated to Western Australia. Samson arrived at Fremantle, Western Australia, Fremantle in 1829 on the ''Calista (ship), Calista'' and soon set up business as a wine and spirit merchant, importer, and auctioneer. He also engaged in whaling. He had a whaling station at Bathers Beach, Fremantle by 1840. He purchased Fremantle town lots 27 and 28 in the first state land sale. He was Postmaster-General's Department, postmaster-general from 1830 to 1832. In 1835 he obtained the state's first liquor license. In 1842 he returned to Britain and m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Saints Anglican Church, Henley Brook
The All Saints Church in Henley Brook is the oldest church in Western Australia. It was built by Richard Edwards between 1838 and 1840, with the first service taking place on 10 January 1841. The site is on a small hill overlooking the Swan River and near the conjunction of the Swan and Ellen Brook. This site was where Captain James Stirling camped during his 1827 exploration of the area. 1827 expedition On 13 March 1827, Stirling's expedition of the Swan River finished in the area, unable to venture further upstream due to lack of navigable water. The party made camp on the high bank overlooking the river. He wrote in his diary: "...the richness of the soil, the bright foliage of the shrubs, the majesty of the surrounding trees, the abrupt and red colour banks of the river occasionally seen, and the view of the blue mountains, from which we were not far distant, made the scenery of this spot as bieutiful as anything of the kind I have ever witnessed..." Religious servic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Irwin
Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Chidley Irwin, KH (22 March 1794 – 31 March 1860) was acting Governor of Western Australia from 1847 to 1848. Born in 1794 in Drogheda, Ireland, Frederick Chidley Irwin was the son of Reverend James Irwin. Some sources give the year 1788 as his birthyear. In 1808, he was commissioned into the 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot. He saw service in Spain and Portugal, and took part in several major battles of the Peninsula War, for which he was awarded a medal. In 1816-17 he was stationed in Cape of Good Hope, and later in Ceylon. In 1828, the British government decided to establish a colony on the western coast of Australia, and a cousin of Irwin's, James Stirling, was appointed its first Lieutenant-Governor. Irwin was subsequently sent to the colony as a major in command of a detachment of the 63rd Regiment of Foot, whose mission was to protect and help establish the colony. He arrived with his men on board HMS ''Sulphur'' in June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Mackie
William Henry Mackie (19 November 1799 – 24 November 1860) was an early settler of the Swan River Colony holding a number of public positions including that of the first Judge of the colony. Mackie was born at Cochin, India and as a child returned to live in Derry before attending school in Twickenham, Middlesex. He later entered Trinity College, Cambridge and became a member of the Inner Temple in November 1822. He arrived at Fremantle, Western Australia, Fremantle on on 12 October 1829 with two servants, John Bludsell and Richard Holland. Mackie was a cousin of Captain Frederick Irwin who was the commandant of the troops in the colony and who had arrived on four months earlier. Mackie and Irwin acquired two large land grants in the new colony, jointly taking up at Henley Park in the Upper Swan, Western Australia, Upper Swan and another between Beverley, Western Australia, Beverley and York, Western Australia, York. Mackie's legal background saw him appointed as one ... [...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] |
French Corvette Naturaliste
''Naturaliste'' () was one of the two-vessel ''Salamandre''-class of ''galiotes à bombes'' of the French Navy. Under Jacques Hamelin, and together with '' Géographe'' she took part in the exploration of Australia of Nicolas Baudin. Design and early career She was constructed, and probably designed, by Pierre-Alexandre Forfait. Her plans are dated 14 January 1793. She was launched in 1795 as ''La Menaçante'', and completed as a gabarre. The navy transferred her towards the end of 1798 to Delamotte and Co. to serve as a privateer. In December, however, she was serving as a barracks for a detachment of naval artillerymen. A Sieur Longayron proposed, in December 1799, to charter her to carry some 200-250 colonists to Santo Domingo. Nothing came of this as Longayron was unable to provide a sufficient surety bond.Barrey (1907), pp.51-2. ''La Menaçante'' was renamed ''Naturaliste'' in June 1800 and designated as a corvette. Voyage of exploration ''Naturaliste'' and ''Géograp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of France
The Kingdom of France is the historiographical name or umbrella term given to various political entities of France in the Middle Ages, medieval and Early modern France, early modern period. It was one of the most powerful states in Europe from the High Middle Ages to 1848 during its dissolution. It was also an early French colonial empire, colonial power, with colonies in Asia and Africa, and the largest being New France in North America geographically centred around the Great Lakes. The Kingdom of France was descended directly from the West Francia, western Frankish realm of the Carolingian Empire, which was ceded to Charles the Bald with the Treaty of Verdun (843). A branch of the Carolingian dynasty continued to rule until 987, when Hugh Capet was elected king and founded the Capetian dynasty. The territory remained known as ''Francia'' and its ruler as ('king of the Franks') well into the High Middle Ages. The first king calling himself ('King of France') was Philip II of Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
