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Mr Henry FLETT (1810 - 1877)

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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 Notes
Cardiff Coal Company’s Incorporation Bill Committee No.17 04 Sep 1863 10 Sep 1863 7 days
Mr John Busby Committee No.18 04 Sep 1863 24 Feb 1864 5 months 21 days
Presbyterian College Bill Committee No.15 04 Sep 1863 06 Oct 1863 1 month 3 days
Waratah Coal Company’s Incorporation Bill No.10 14 Jul 1863 17 Jul 1863 4 days
Miss Isabella Mary Kelly Committee No.5 01 Jul 1863 20 Oct 1863 3 months 20 days
Taylor and Walker’s Railway Bill Committee No.37 16 Oct 1862 21 Oct 1862 6 days
Miss Isabella Mary Kelly Committee No.32 23 Sep 1862 18 Dec 1862 2 months 26 days
Presbyterian College Bill Committee No.25 12 Aug 1862 18 Nov 1862 3 months 7 days
James Ralfe Committee No.22 05 Aug 1862 29 Aug 1862 25 days Chairman
Clarence and Richmond Rivers Steam Navigation Company’s Bill Committee No.28 27 Mar 1861 11 May 1861 1 month 15 days
Tanners and Curriers Bill Committee No.27 27 Mar 1861 11 May 1861 1 month 15 days
Unpaid Magistracy Committee No.17 12 Feb 1861 11 May 1861 3 months
Member for Hastings 21 Dec 1860 10 Nov 1864 3 years 10 months 21 days
Moreton Bay Immigration and Land Company’s Act Amendment Bill Committee No.10 12 Oct 1860 09 Nov 1860 29 days
Penrith Nepean Bridge Re-construction Bill Committee No.43 07 Jun 1860 04 Jul 1860 28 days
Moreton Bay Immigration and Land Company’s Act Amendment Bill Committee No.39 03 Apr 1860 04 Jul 1860 3 months 2 days
Member for Hastings 01 Jul 1859 10 Nov 1860 1 year 4 months 11 days
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 01 Jul 1859 10 Nov 1864 5 years 4 months 11 days
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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.
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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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