TEACHER RESOURCE – THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES
Colonial Western Australian History –
Study of the Swan River Colony 1827 to 1890s
TEACHER RESOURCE 5
HISTORICAL INQUIRY: SIGNIFICANT COLONISTS - SOURCES
A brief biography of many of these people can be obtained from the Australian Dictionary of
Biography (ADB On-line): http://adbonline.anu.edu.au
Some are also found in the East Perth Cemeteries – Virtual Heritage Trail of Prominent
Graves:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/graves/trail-01.htm
Francis Armstrong (1813 – 1897)
http://webjournals.alphacrucis.edu.au/journals/adeb/a/armstrong-francis-fraser-1813-1897/
Peter Broun (Brown)
ADB http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010147b.htm?hilite=Peter%3BBroun
Maitland Brown
http://www.publicartaroundtheworld.com/Maitland_Brown_Memorial.html
http://perthaccommodation.tv/Perth-Attractions/maitland-brown-memorial.html
Archibald Burt (1810 -1879)
ADB http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A030286b.htm
Dr John Ferguson (1802 1883)
http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/graves/bio-27.htm#a
Richard Roach Jewell (1810 - 1891)
ADB http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040543b.htm?hilite=jewell
http://www.pillarsofanation.com.au/architects4.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Roach_Jewell
http://www.perthvista.com/richard-roach-jewell.html
Louisa Jones (1801 – 1830)
http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/graves/bio-22.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southampton_homestead
© National Trust of Australia (WA)
George Leake Sr ( 1786- 1849)
http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/graves/bio-13.htm
George Leake Jr 1856 -1902
http://www.ccentre.wa.gov.au/index.cfm?event=premiersGeorgeleake
Anthony O’Grady Lefroy (1816 – 1897)
ADB http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050089b.htm?hilite=Lefroy
John Henry Monger (1831 – 1892)
http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050308b.htm
Trove newspaper article
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/41412271?searchTerm=&searchLimits=
http://www.yorkwa.com.au/york/History_FamilyMonger.htm
Walter Padbury (1820 – 1807)
ABD http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050443b.htm
http://gutenberg.net.au/dictbiog/0-dict-biogP-Q.html
John Septimus Roe (1797 – 1878)
ABD http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020344b.htm?hilite=John%3BSeptimus%3BRoe
An excellent biography is available through the Public Library System: J.L Burton Jackson,
pub 1982 Not an Idle Man Fremantle Arts Press
Henry Trigg (1791 – 1882)
http://www.pillarsofanation.com.au/architects4.html
ADB http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020492b.htm
John Burdett Wittenoom (1788 - 1855)
ABD http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020562b.htm?hilite=wittenoom
O’Brien, J and Statham-Drew, pub 2009 On We Go. The Wittenoom Way, Fremantle Press,
Western Australia.
Also see http://www.valuingheritage.com.au/Adopt-A-Grave.html for student research on
people buried at East Perth Cemeteries.
© National Trust of Australia (WA)