Ernest Augustus Lee Steere (1866 - 1957)

Born 19 Mar 1866 in Beverley, Western Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Bridget Yelverton (O'Connor) Lee Steere OBE — married 16 Dec 1909 in St Mary's Church of England, West Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Descendants

Died 22 Dec 1957 at age 91 in Perth, Western Australia

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Eurythmic (horse) 1920 and his Cup Trophy | He enjoyed watching polo, but the turf was his favourite recreation. ^[1] His champions, such as Eurythmic (Perth 1919, Caulfield 1920) and Maple (Caulfield 1928), won several Australian cup and classic races.

Beverley, 1866

Biography

Sir Ernest Augustus Lee Steere ^[1] (1866-1957), pastoralist and businessman, was born on 19 March 1866 near Beverley, Western Australia, son of Augustus Frederick Lee Steere, grazier, and his wife Ellen Elizabeth, née Roe; (Sir) James Lee Steere was an uncle.
The family had taken the name of Lee Steere in 1675 as a condition of the marriage between Fiducia Lee and John Steere at Plastoe, Surrey. Ernest was educated at Newcastle ^[2] State School, and the High School, Perth, and began work at 14. . . . more . .

As sole owner, Lee Steere expanded the Belele Pastoral Co. ^[1] to 900,000 acres (364,221 ha). Because of the absence of permanent water holes, no Aborigines lived there; however Lee Steere spoke Yamagee and soon employed many, by whom he was well liked. They knew he never carried firearms. He gradually acquired other pastoral holdings: Annean Station (transferred to his wife); Yandil near Wiluna; Chilimony merino stud and The Bowes in the Victoria district; Yanda at Mingenew; Hawthornden and Maismore at Toodyay; Elliott Creek on the Upper Gascoyne; and, with Alexander Monger, Woongundy estate.

In 1946, he gave Yanda to the State government for its War Service Land Settlement Scheme. He was a committee-member of the Fairbridge Farm School at Pinjarra.

He acquired Hawthornden, Toodyay in 1915, and later it was inherited by his son.

Lee Steere died at his home on 22 December 1957. His estate was sworn for probate at £87,574. He had been esteemed for his enterprise and fair dealing and was remembered as tolerant and understanding.
Lady Lee Steere ^[1] was appointed OBE in 1960 for her work with the Western Australia Girl Guide Association and the Young Women's Christian Association. Their second son Ernest was lord mayor of Perth in 1972-78.

People - LifeTree

006203D: Ernest Augustus Lee Steere with unidentified people

Herman Franz Otto Lipfert (1865-1942)

Lawrence R D B Jupp (1912 - 1992)

Birth registration : (1841-1932) ^[3]
Surname Given Names Sex | Father | Mother | Place of Birth | Number | and Year
Lee Steere | Ernest Augustus | Augustus F | Roe Ellen E | Beverley | 9102 | 1866

Death registration: (1841-1971) ^[3]
Surname Given Names Sex | Age | Father | Mother | District | Number | Year
Lee Steere Ernest Augustus Male | 91 | Augustus F | Ellen E | Perth | 27 | 1958

• KB00108625 Karrakatta Burial

Sources

• Consecration of Lee Steere Memorial Sanctuary in St Stephen's Anglican Church, Toodyay. March, 1948.
  
• Lee Steere, Sir Ernest Augustus (1866–1957), Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, accessed 19 August 2018.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3}
   Wendy Birman, Lee Steere, Sir Ernest Augustus (1866–1957), Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University,
   published first in hardcopy 1986, accessed online 16 November 2017.
2. ↑ now Toodyay
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Pioneers Index wa.gov format change 1906/1954

See also:

• WikiTree: Australian Knights and Dames; accessed 7 Aug 2024.