Person
Dangar, Henry (1796 - 1861)
- Born
- 18 November 1796
St Neot, Cornwall, England - Died
- 2 March 1861
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Surveyor and Pastoralist
Summary
Henry Dangar arrived in Sydney in 1821 aged 24 and at once became assistant surveyor to John Oxley who at the time was Surveyor General of New South Wales. As such he received grants of land and in 1825 was joined by two brothers, William and Thomas. In 1833, Henry settled on his own land becoming in turn grazier, squatter, hotel proprietor and politician. In 1847 Henry, William and Richard combined to set up a boiling-down and meat preserving works at Newcastle.
Related entries
Published resources
Book Sections
- Gray, Nancy, 'Dangar, Henry (1796-1861), surveyor and pastoralist' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Douglas Pike, ed., vol. 1 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1966), pp. 280-282. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010268b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5720174. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/94529026. Details
- 'Dangar, H (1796-1861)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-621209. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_d.html. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 4 February 2020
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