Frank Wittenoom
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| Born | Francis Frederick Burdett Wittenoom 17 December 1855 |
| Died | 11 September 1939 (aged 83) Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Pastoralist |
| Relatives | John Burdett Wittenoom (grandfather) Edward Wittenoom (brother) |
Francis Frederick Burdett Wittenoom (17 December 1855 – 11 September 1939) was an explorer and pastoralist in Western Australia.
Biography
[edit]Early life
[edit]Frank Wittenoom was born in York, Western Australia in 1855.[1] He was the grandson of John Burdett Wittenoom, one of the first chaplains in the Swan River Colony. His brother was Sir Edward Charles (Horne) Wittenoom, a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for 34 years.
Career
[edit]He took up farming in Western Australia. Additionally, he was the first European to explore much of the Murchison, Gascoyne and Pilbara areas of the north-west of Western Australia.
He built a Queen Anne style house in Perth, called "The Terraces", in the late 1890s and extended it in 1900.[2] In 1987, the house was classified by the National Trust of Australia and has been added to the State Register of Heritage Places.[2]
Death and legacy
[edit]Wittenoom never married. He died in Perth, Western Australia, aged 83.[1] The former town of Wittenoom, Western Australia, was named after him by Lang Hancock, with whom he shared a nearby pastoral lease.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Biography of Wittenoom, Frederick Francis Burdett (1855–1939) Australian Dictionary of Biography, Online Edition, Copyright 2006, ISSN 1833-7538, published by Australian National University
- ^ a b "The Terraces" (PDF). pdf.js. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2007. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
External links
[edit]- Varied and versatile at www.hesperianpress.com
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