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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-03-20 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-03-20 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007652b.htm person Wollstonecraft Edward AACR2 1783 7 December 1832 Place of Death Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia Businessman Edward Wollstonecraft, business partner and brother-in-law of Alexander Berry, arrived in Sydney in 1819. They established a profitable trading company in George St, Sydney. Together they were granted land in the Shoalhaven district which became a successful agricultural enterprise. Wollstonecraft was a founding member of the colony's first scientific organisation, the Philosophical Society of Australasia. A leading figure in the commercial life of the colony, he was concerned with maintaining the financial liquidity of the local economy. On his death in 1832, the business was closed and his interest in the Shoalhaven reverted to Berry. September 1819 September 1819 Life event - Arrived in Sydney June 1821 1822 Career position - Member, Philosophical Society of Australasia 1822 1822 Career event - Appointed senior director, Bank of New South Wales 1822 1822 Career position - Member of Committee, Agricultural Society of New South Wales 1824 1824 Career event - Appointed Justice of the Peace Agricultural Society of New South Wales (1822 - 1891)

Member of committee 1822

 Berry, Alexander (1781 - 1873)

Business partner and brother-in-law

 Philosophical Society of Australasia (1821 - 1822)

Member 1821 - 1822

 'Wollstonecraft, Edward', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Wollstonecraft, Edward Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Wollstonecraft, Edward (1783 - 1832), merchant and landowner Stephen, M. D. Wollstonecraft, Edward (1783 - 1832), merchant and landowner Carlton, Vic. Melbourne University Press 1967 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 2: 1877 - 1850 I-Z Douglas Pike 620-1 Book: Reminiscences of Alexander Berry Berry, Alexander Reminiscences of Alexander Berry Sydney Angus a& Robertson 1912 Journal Article: Alexander Berry, the laird of Shoalhaven Jervis, J. Alexander Berry, the laird of Shoalhaven 1941 Journal and proceedings of the Royal Australian Historical Society 21 1 18-87