Henry Dendy

Henry Dendy
Born May 24, 1800(1800-05-24)
Abinger, Surrey, England
Died February 11, 1881(1881-02-11) (aged 80)
Walhalla, Victoria, Australia
Nationality British
Occupation brewer, grazier, land speculator, landowner
Known for Founder of Brighton, Victoria, Australia

Henry Dendy (1800-1881) was born in Abinger, Surrey, England.[1] He is best known for his purchase in 1841 of 5,120 acres (2,070 ha), or eight square miles, of land approximately 12 km south-east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The land, known as Dendy's Special Survey, was purchased from the Crown for one pound an acre under the terms of the short-lived Special Survey regulations.[2] Dendy established the township of Brighton on his land purchase.

A depression hit the colony in 1843 and Dendy was bankrupted in 1845.

Dendy died at Walhalla, Victoria on 11 February 1881.

References

  1. ^ Bate, Weston (2005). "Dendy, Henry (1800 – 1881)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/AS10124b.htm. Retrieved 2010-09-24. 
  2. ^ Bate, Weston (1982), A History of Brighton (2nd ed.), Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, ISBN 0-522-84270-4