Frank Wittenoom

Frank Wittenoom
Born Francis Frederick Burdett Wittenoom
1855
York, Western Australia, Australia
Died September 1939
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Nationality Australian
Occupation Pastoralist
Relatives John Burdett Wittenoom (grandfather)
Edward Wittenoom (brother)

Francis ("Frank") Frederick Burdett Wittenoom (1855-1939) was an explorer and pastoralist in Western Australia.

Biography

Early life

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 thirty four years.

Career

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 and has been added to the State Heritage Register.[2]

Death

He died in September 1939 in Perth, Western Australia.

Legacy

The town of Wittenoom, Western Australia was named after him by Lang Hancock with whom he shared a nearby pastoral lease.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Biography of Wittenoom, Frederick Francis Burdett (1855 - 1939) Australian Dictionary of Biography, Online Edition, Copyright 2006, ISSN 1833-7538, published by Australian National University
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The Terraces". pdf.js. 2007. Retrieved 8 June 2013.

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