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Kenneth Brown (pastoralist)
Kenneth Brown (9 August 1837 – 10 June 1876) was an exploration, explorer and pastoralism, pastoralist in Western Australia. He was hanged in 1876 for murdering his second wife Mary Ann Brown (née Tindall). Early life Brown was born in Oxfordshire, England in 1837, the eldest son of Thomas Brown (settler), Thomas Brown and Eliza Brown (settler), Eliza Brown and older brother of Maitland Brown. In 1840, the Brown family emigrated to Western Australia, arriving in March 1841. They initially settled at York, Western Australia, York. In 1850, the family took up land in the Champion Bay, Western Australia, Champion Bay area, where they established Glengarry. However, the following year his father was appointed to an official position as magistrate in Fremantle, Western Australia, Fremantle, and the family moved there, all except for Brown who stayed to manage Glengarry. During the 1850s, Brown spent most of his time at Glengarry. He was often the only family member there and he ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exploration
Exploration refers to the historical practice of discovering remote lands. It is studied by geographers and historians. Two major eras of exploration occurred in human history: one of convergence, and one of divergence. The first, covering most of ''Homo sapiens'' history, saw humans moving out of Africa, settling in new lands, and developing distinct cultures in relative isolation. Early explorers settled in Europe and Asia; 14,000 years ago, some crossed the Ice Age land bridge from Siberia to Alaska, and moved southbound to settle in the Americas. For the most part, these cultures were ignorant of each other's existence. The second period of exploration, occurring over the last 10,000 years, saw increased cross-cultural exchange through trade and exploration, and marked a new era of cultural intermingling, and more recently, convergence. Early writings about exploration date back to the 4th millennium B.C. in ancient Egypt. One of the earliest and most impactful thinkers of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Austin (explorer)
Robert Austin (31 December 1825 – 24 February 1905) was an English-born surveyor and explorer in Western Australia, and a civil engineer and surveyor in Queensland. Emigration and career in Western Australia Almost fifteen year old Robert arrived in Australind, Western Australia with his parents and brother James in December 1840. In 1847 he joined the Surveyor-General's Department, where he worked for 13 years. During this time he surveyed the Toodyay- Northam areas, and was included in some exploratory expeditions. The Austin expedition He led the Austin expedition of 1854, one of the first European inland explorations of Western Australia with Kenneth Brown. They explored Geraldton, Mount Magnet, and the Murchison River area. The expedition left Mumberkine, north of Northam, on 10 July 1854, exploring the large lakes northeast of Northam known as ''Cow-Cowing'', before heading north through the interior, where Mount Magnet was discovered and named. They intended to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drought
A drought is defined as drier than normal conditions.Douville, H., K. Raghavan, J. Renwick, R.P. Allan, P.A. Arias, M. Barlow, R. Cerezo-Mota, A. Cherchi, T.Y. Gan, J. Gergis, D. Jiang, A. Khan, W. Pokam Mba, D. Rosenfeld, J. Tierney, and O. Zolina, 2021Water Cycle Changes In Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Masson-Delmotte, V., P. Zhai, A. Pirani, S.L. Connors, C. Péan, S. Berger, N. Caud, Y. Chen, L. Goldfarb, M.I. Gomis, M. Huang, K. Leitzell, E. Lonnoy, J.B.R. Matthews, T.K. Maycock, T. Waterfield, O. Yelekçi, R. Yu, and B. Zhou (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, pp. 1055–1210, doi:10.1017/9781009157896.010. This means that a drought is "a moisture deficit relative to the average water availability at a given location and season". A drought can last for days, months or years. Drought ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edith Cowan
Edith Dircksey Cowan (' Brown; 2 August 18619 June 1932) was an Australian social reformer who worked for the rights and welfare of women and children. She is best known as the first Australian woman to serve as a member of parliament. Cowan has been featured on the reverse of Australia's 50-dollar note since 1995. Cowan was born at Glengarry station near Geraldton, Western Australia. She was the granddaughter of two of the colony's early settlers, Thomas Brown and John Wittenoom. Cowan's mother died when she was seven, and she was subsequently sent to boarding school in Perth. At the age of 15, her father, Kenneth Brown, was executed for the murder of her stepmother, making her an orphan. She subsequently lived with her grandmother in Guildford, Western Australia until her marriage at the age of 18. She and her husband would have five children together, splitting their time between homes in West Perth and Cottesloe. In 1894, Cowan was one of the founders of the Karraka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lockier Burges (Australian Politician)
:''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 colonial Western Australia who became a leading pastoralist in the colony, and a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council. Lockier Burges was born at Fethard in Tipperary, Ireland around 1814. In 1829, he emigrated to Western Australia with his two brothers William Burges and Samuel Evans Burges. The three brothers sailed for the Swan River Colony on board the ''Warrior'', 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 York. They named their new selection Tipperary in honour of their birthplace. In 1849, Lockier and William Burges moved to the Champion Bay area, leaving Samuel at Tipperary. Initially Lockier was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barnard Drummond Clarkson
Barnard Drummond Clarkson, born near York, Western Australia in 1836, was a pastoralist, explorer and politician. The Perth suburb of Clarkson was named after him. Family Clarkson's father Michael Clarkson arrived in the Swan River Colony in 1830 and married Jane Drummond, eldest daughter of James Drummond, on 7 November 1833. They had five sons, including Barnard, and two daughters. In 1867 Barnard Clarkson married Isabella Lukin, daughter of Lionel Lukin; they three sons and three daughters. Clarkson died in March 1909 at Mt Anderson near Toodyay. Political life In 1867 Clarkson was appointed as Justice of the Peace for Western Australia. He was a member of the Toodyay Road Board for a number of years and was chairman from 1901 to 1904. In 1890 when Western Australia obtain responsible government Clarkson became the first member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly The Western Australian Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Hamersley
Samuel Richard Hamersley (1842–1896) was a Western Australian pastoralist, and a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for six years. Biography Early life Samuel Hamersley was born in Guildford, Western Australia on 12 October 1842. The Hamersleys were a well connected family, and he was related by blood or marriage to a number of prominent Western Australian farmers and politicians. His father, Edward, was one of the leading Western Australian landholders of his day; his brother Edward also became a Member of the Legislative Council; William Locke Brockman was his uncle; his sister Margaret married Sir John Forrest; and his wife Matilda was sister to Maitland Brown. At the age of one, he went with his family to France. The family returned to Western Australia in 1850, building a home in Guildford. In his youth, he farmed in Toodyay, York and Swan Districts under a system of tenant farming. Career In 1863, he was a member of an exploring expedition to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Martin (explorer)
James, Jim, or Jimmy Martin may refer to: Academics *James Cullen Martin (1928–1999), American chemist * James E. Martin (1932–2017), president of the University of Arkansas and Auburn University * James Kirby Martin (born 1943), American historian Actors, musicians, and other performers *Jimmy Martin (1927–2005), American bluegrass musician *James Martin (Irish actor), Northern Irish actor from Oscar winning ''An Irish Goodbye'' *James Martin (Scottish actor) (born 1931), Scottish actor on ''Still Game'' * James R. Martin (born 1951), American producer and director of documentaries ''Wrapped In Steel'' and ''Fired-up!'' *Jim Martin (musician) (born 1961), American guitarist formerly with Faith No More *Jim Martin (puppeteer) (born 1960), American puppeteer on ''Sesame Street'' *James and Tom Martin (born 1977), English twin musicians Judges and lawyers * James Loren Martin (1846–1915), U.S. federal judge *James Robert Martin Jr. (1909–1984), U.S. federal judge *Jame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenelg River (Western Australia)
The Glenelg River is a river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The headwaters of the river rise in the Elizabeth and Catherine Range. The river flows in a north-westerly direction past the Whately Range and discharges into Maitland Bay then through George Water, into Doubtful Bay and finally the Timor Sea. The McRae River is a tributary of the Glenelg River. The first recorded exploration of the river was made in 1838, by a party led by George Grey, but they were poorly prepared and ill-equipped. Grey named the river on 2 March 1838 after Lord Glenelg who was Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1835 to 1839 and under whose auspices Grey undertook his explorations. On 31 March 1929, en route from Sydney to England, the ''Southern Cross'' with Charles Kingsford Smith Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith (9 February 18978 November 1935), nicknamed Smithy, was an Australian aviation pioneer. He piloted the first transpacific flight and the first flight b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Burges
Thomas Burges (July 1830 – 7 August 1893) was an Australian pastoralist and politician who was a member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia on three occasions – from 1874 to 1878, from 1885 to 1887, and from 1890 until his death. Burges was born in York, Western Australia, to Judith (née Kearnan) and Samuel Evans Burges. His younger half-brother, Richard Goldsmith Burges, was also a member of parliament, as were two of his uncles, William and Lockier Burges. In 1859, Burges acquired Bowes Station, a pastoral lease in the Mid-West that had been established by his uncles. In 1870, he developed Yuin Station, subsequently helping to open a stock route north to the Gascoyne. Burges served on the Northampton Road Board from 1871 to 1877, including as chairman for a period. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Dalgety Moore
William Dalgety Moore (30 August 1835 – 22 April 1910) was a businessman in Fremantle, Western Australia, and also a pastoralist and politician. Early life Moore was born in the Swan River Colony in 1835, the eldest child of Samuel Moore and his wife Dorothy (née Dalgety), at his father's estate, 'Oakover', near Guildford. In 1850, when he was 15, Moore started employment in the surveyor-general's office, remaining for four years there before moving to the North-West to work on a Hamersley & Co. station near Irwin River, where he went on to become the station manager. During his eight years at the station, Moore joined Francis Thomas Gregory and others (in 1858), exploring the Gascoyne and Murchison districts. Business career In 1862, at 27 years of age, Moore headed back south to Fremantle, and formed a business partnership with John Monger. Five years later, in 1867, he founded W. D. Moore & Co., a business that he remained involved with until 1900, and which then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murchison River (Western Australia)
The Murchison River is the second longest river in Western Australia. It flows for about from the southern edge of the Robinson Ranges to the Indian Ocean at Kalbarri. The Murchison-Yalgar-Hope river system is the longest river system in Western Australia. It has a mean annual flow of 208 gigalitres, although in 2006, the peak year on record since 1967, flow was 1,806gigalitres. Basin The Murchison River basin covers an area of about in the Mid West region of Western Australia. It extends about inland from the Indian Ocean, onto the Yilgarn Craton east of Meekatharra and north of Sandstone. Rain generally falls in the upper basin during summer cyclones, so for much of the year the Murchison River does not flow, leaving a dry sandy river bed and intermittent permanent pools. The eastern reaches of the basin contain large chains of salt lakes, which flow only following rainfall. The drainage lines from these lakes merge to form the Murchison River about north-northea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
