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Mr Henry FLETT (1810 - 1877)

  • Date of Birth: 01/04/1810
  • Place of Birth: Caithness, Scotland
  • Date of Death: 08/11/1877
  • Place of Death: Taree, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position Start End Period Parliament Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly1 Jul 185910 Nov 18645yr(s) 4mth(s) 10day(s)
Member for Hastings1 Jul 185910 Nov 18601yr(s) 4mth(s) 10day(s)3rd (1859 - 1860)
Member for Hastings21 Dec 186010 Nov 18643yr(s) 10mth(s) 21day(s)4th (1860 - 1864)
Moreton Bay Immigration and Land Company’s Act Amendment Bill Committee No.393 Apr 18604 Jul 18603mths 2days3rd (1859 - 1860)
Penrith Nepean Bridge Re-construction Bill Committee No.437 Jun 18604 Jul 186028days3rd (1859 - 1860)
Moreton Bay Immigration and Land Company’s Act Amendment Bill Committee No.1012 Oct 18609 Nov 186029days3rd (1859 - 1860)
Unpaid Magistracy Committee No.1712 Feb 186111 May 18612mths 30days4th (1860 - 1864)
Tanners and Curriers Bill Committee No.2727 Mar 186111 May 18611mth 15days4th (1860 - 1864)
Clarence and Richmond Rivers Steam Navigation Company’s Bill Committee No.2827 Mar 186111 May 18611mth 15days4th (1860 - 1864)
James Ralfe Committee No.225 Aug 186229 Aug 186225days4th (1860 - 1864)Chairman
Presbyterian College Bill Committee No.2512 Aug 186218 Nov 18623mths 7days4th (1860 - 1864)
Miss Isabella Mary Kelly Committee No.3223 Sep 186218 Dec 18622mths 26days4th (1860 - 1864)
Taylor and Walker’s Railway Bill Committee No.3716 Oct 186221 Oct 18626days4th (1860 - 1864)
Miss Isabella Mary Kelly Committee No.51 Jul 186320 Oct 18633mths 20days4th (1860 - 1864)
Waratah Coal Company’s Incorporation Bill No.1014 Jul 186317 Jul 18634days4th (1860 - 1864)
Cardiff Coal Company’s Incorporation Bill Committee No.174 Sep 186310 Sep 18637days4th (1860 - 1864)
Presbyterian College Bill Committee No.154 Sep 18636 Oct 18631mth 3days4th (1860 - 1864)
Mr John Busby Committee No.184 Sep 186324 Feb 18645mths 21days4th (1860 - 1864)

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Farmer and pastoralist. Arrived in New South Wales around 1834 and became a farmer and pastoralist with Colonel William Stewart (1769 - 1854), a former Member of the first Legislative council and former Lieutenant-Governor. At a later time he became manager of an estate at the head of the Williams River; and later settled on the Manning River. After his marriage, he acquired 'Killawarra'. He bought the 'Taree' estate from his father-in-law and divided it into tenant farms. He had Taree surveyed and laid out as a private town in 1854. He returned to Taree before his death after living in Sydney for some years. Landholder.


Personal

Son of Henry Flett, farmer, and Diana Stephens. Married Mary Wynter in 1841and had issue, 4 sons and 6 daughters.


Additional Information

'Town and Country Journal' (Sydney), 1 December 1877, p. 921 Personal papers in the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales: Henry Flett - account books of Taree Estate, Manning River, 1851- 1880 (A3017-A3018)



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