Henry
Littledyke
Born in London, England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Abigail (Glew) Littledyke
— married
8 Feb 1875 in Brunswick, Victoria, Australia [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Father of
Emelia Alice (Littledyke) Clough, Paul Critchley Littledyke, George Hensler Shaw Littledyke, Alice Carmen Shaw (Littledyke) Glew, Elvie Elizabeth (Littledyke) Locke, Henry Hensler Neville Littledyke and Zena Flora Littledyke
Died
at about age 64
in Loch, Victoria, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Feb 2016
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Biography
In 1884 he was nominated President of the Great Southern Railway League, a group of locals pushing for the construction of a railway to Leongatha.[1] He was also a Councillor on the Buln Buln council.[2]
Henry Littledyke constructed a dam in the hills east of Nyora to supply water for the Locomotives on the newly constructed railway to Leongatha. The dam was earth construction. Built without the aid of modern machinery. Henry paid local school children to ride their horses back and forth across the dam wall to compact it.
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| Dam in Henry Littledyke Reserve. |
In an area surrounded by open dairy land, the dam is now part of 64 hectare Henry Littledyke reserve (also known as the Nyora Flora and Fauna Conservation Reserve, managed by Parks Victoria) which preserves remnant vegetation, part of which covered the Gippsland region, and it is a habitat for many native animals.
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| Sunset over Henry Littledyke Reserve. |
Heny died in an accident in 1905. While engaged in clearing some land, he was struck on the head by a limb from a burning tree and died instantly.[3]
Sources
- ↑ GREAT SOUTHERN RAILWAY.South Bourke and Mornington Journal (Richmond, Vic. : 1877 - 1920; 1926 - 1927) 30 April 1884: 3 (WEEKLY.). Web. 17 Mar 2017
- ↑ BULN BULN SHIRE COUNCIL. Warragul Guardian and Buln Buln and Narracan Shire Advocate (Warragul, Vic. : 1879 - 1894) 9 October 1884: 3. Web. 17 Mar 2017
- ↑ A Farmer Killed: Bendigo Advertiser (Vic.), Monday 28 August 1905
- Birth place and Marriage: Digger Victorian Pioneer index cdrom
- Death: Digger Edwardian index CDROM (F= Richard, M= Elizabeth Shaw)
- Source: S500006 Beth Schappacher Spargo Web Site
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