Edward Henty

For the locomotive, see Victorian Railways S class. For the English cricketer, see Edward Henty (cricketer).

Edward Henty
Born(1810-03-28)28 March 1810
Tarring, Sussex, England
Died14 August 1878(1878-08-14) (aged 68)
Melbourne, Colony of Victoria

Edward Henty (28 March 1810 – 14 August 1878),[1] was a pioneer British colonist and is regarded as the first permanent settler in the Port Phillip district (later known as the colony of Victoria), Australia.

  1. ^ Bassett, Marnie (1966). "Henty, Edward (1810 - 1878)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 1. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. pp. 531–534. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 3 January 2023.