John Tennant (chemist)
John Tennant may refer to: *John Tennant (bushranger) John Tennant was an Australian bushranger who was active around the Canberra district in the mid-1820s. Mount Tennent is named after him as it was on the slopes of this steep mountain behind the village of Tharwa where many people believed he us ..., Australian bushranger * John Tennant (footballer, born 1939) (1939–1985), English football goalkeeper * John Tennant (RAF officer) (1890–1941), British airman, explorer, banker and politician * John Tennant (pastoralist) * John Tennant (politician), British politician and MEP * Jack Tennant (John William Tennant, 1907–1978), English football defender See also * John Tennent (other) {{hndis, Tennant, John ...
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John Tennant (bushranger)
John Tennant was an Australian bushranger who was active around the Canberra district in the mid-1820s. Mount Tennent is named after him as it was on the slopes of this steep mountain behind the village of Tharwa where many people believed he used to hide, although this is now thought to be incorrect. Tennant was born in Belfast, Ireland, and was 29 years old when he was sentenced to transportation to Australia for life in 1823. He arrived in Sydney on 12 July 1824 on the 'Prince Regent'. He was assigned to Joshua John Moore and to join other men, James Clarke and John McLaughlin, who had helped establish Moore's property Canberry or Canberra, the first European habitation on the Limestone Plains. In 1826 Tennant and another man, John Ricks, absconded from their assigned landholder and took to the bush. In July 1827 Tennant's gang raided Rose’s outstation at the Yass River, between Murrumbateman and Gunning. Tennant was shot in the back by James Farrell. During his recuperati ...
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