Henry Dendy | |
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Born | Abinger, Surrey, England | May 24, 1800
Died | February 11, 1881 | (aged 80)
Nationality | British |
Occupation(s) | 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. Dendy is also associated with Eltham, Victoria where he was an early settler and operated a flour mill.[3]
A depression hit the colony in 1843 and Dendy was bankrupted in 1845.
Dendy died at Walhalla, Victoria on 11 February 1881.
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