Wentworth, William Charles

Explorer, barrister, landowner and author who championed the emancipists and free settlers and campaigned for radical political reform.

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Milestone

Born

Surprize

07 Aug 1790

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Arrived Sydney

1796

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Departed Sydney

1803

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Arrived Sydney

1810

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Died

Wimborne, Dorset, England

20 Mar 1872

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Name

Commemorated by

Wentworth Falls

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Commemorated by

Wentworth Park

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Occupation

Explorer

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Barrister

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Grazier

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Position

Passenger

Surprize

07 Aug 1790

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Founder

The Australian

1824

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Property

Owned

Vaucluse House

1827 - 20 Mar 1872

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Relationship

Child of

Wentworth, D'Arcy

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Patron

Cookney, George

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Child of

Crowley, Catherine

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Sibling

Wentworth, Katherine

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Relative of

Towns, Robert

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Parent of

Reeve, Fanny Katherine

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First State funeral

Lisa Murray

2013

The first 'State funeral' in colonial New South Wales was accorded to William Charles Wentworth who died in England on 20 March 1872 and at his own behest, had his remains shipped back to Australia for burial - a fitting final gesture by the Australian 'patriot'

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