Henry Whittall Venn JP MLA (1844 - 1908)

Born 27 Oct 1844 in Port Adelaide, South Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Charlotte (Shenton) Venn — married 10 Dec 1874 in Bunbury, Western Australia

Died 8 Mar 1908 at age 63 in Dardanup, Western Australia, Australia

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Biography

Harry Venn JP MLA is Notable.

Harry Whittall Venn was born in South Australia ^[1][2] on the 27th October, 1844 and in the second son of the late Mr. R. O. Venn, an old pioneer of the sister colony. The young Australian was educated in South Australia, and was subsequently engaged in commercial pursuits, under Ormond and Co., at Robe, S.A. When nearly twenty-one years old he sailed for Western Australia on the ship Warrier, and arrived in Fremantle in March, 1865. He immediately proceeded to the north-west coast as a member of the Denison Plains Company, and then followed years of fruitful service to the colony.

In 1866 he settled on the Maitland River, ^[1] in a beautiful belt of country known as Karratha, and formed a sheep, cattle, and horse station.
There he successfully followed grazing pursuits.

In 1874 he married Charlotte, fourth daughter of the late Sir George Shenton, and sister of Sir George Shenton, president of the Western Australian Legislative Council. He remained on the Maitland for a few years, and in 1878 or 1879 purchased the Princep Park Estate, near Bunbury, and went there to reside. This is a large and valuable property, and Mr. Venn has materially increased his fortunes during the intervening years. The land under cultivation is suitable for the production of almost anything, and is also valuable for grazing cattle and sheep.
Harry and Charlotte had no children of their own, however, they took in and raised three sons of Harry's older brother, (Robert Edward Venn),: Robert Alexander, Frank Evans, and Harry Norman.

Harry entered politics in 1880, ^[1] when he became the member (MLC) for Wellington in the Western Australia Parliament. In 1890, he became a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) and served in the WA Parliament until 1901.

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Wellington District - Area Tree

Bunbury Pioneer Cemetery Heritage Tree

Harry passed away in 1908 and is buried in the Anglican Section of the historic Bunbury (Pioneers) Cemetery.

Death registration : (1841-1971) ^[3]
Surname Given Names Sex | Age | District | Number | Year
Venn Harry W Male | | Wellington | 31 | 1908

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Venn Henry Whittall M | Robert Venn | Adelaide | 1/106 |1844 ^[4]

• Advertising (1893, February 6). The Daily News
  (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950), p. 4. Retrieved January 16, 2019
  H. W. Venn, Commissioner of Railways and Director of Public Works.

• G. C. Bolton, Venn, Henry Whittall (1844–1908), Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University,
  published first in hardcopy 1990, accessed online 5 December 2020.

(Sir) George Shenton

(Sir) James Steere

(Sir) John Forrest

Governor Sir Gerard Smith KCMG (1839 - 1920)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} History of West Australia - Harry Whittall Venn
2. ↑ History of West Australia by Warren Bert Kimberly (published 1897)
3. ↑ Pioneers Index wa.gov format change 1906/1954
4. ↑ Family Notices (1844, November 5). South Australian
   (Adelaide, SA : 1844 - 1851), p. 2. Retrieved December 5, 2020

• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 9 July 2023), memorial page for Harry Whittall Venn (27 Oct 1844–8 Mar 1908), Find a Grave Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #220575620, citing Bunbury Pioneer Park Cemetery (Defunct), Bunbury, Bunbury City, Western Australia, Australia; Maintained by Kathy A (contributor 48215744).
• Harry Venn from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia first accessed online on the 9th of July, 2023 at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Venn

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