William Goldwyer (August 1829–13 November 1864) was a police officer and explorer in colonial Western Australia. Events 1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year This article is about a type of political territory For other uses see Colony (disambiguation. Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. While exploring in the Kimberley region of Western Australia in 1864, he was killed by Australian Aborigines. The Kimberley is one of the nine Regions of Western Australia. This is an article about a class of people as identified and defined within Australian law
Born in England in August 1829, William Goldwyer emigrated to Western Australia and was appointed a night warder to the Convict Establishment in March 1853. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. Fremantle Prison is a former Australian prison located in The Terrace Fremantle, in Western Australia. From 1855 to 1857 he was a mounted constable at Dandaragan, and later became Sergeant of Police there. Fluent in Aboriginal languages and renowned for his bushcraft, he often undertook the dangerous task of carrying the monthly mail from Perth to Champion Bay. This is an article about a class of people as identified and defined within Australian law A language is a dynamic set of visual auditory or tactile Symbols of Communication and the elements used to manipulate them Bushcraft is a long-term extension of Survival skills. A popular term for wilderness skills in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. In November 1859 Goldwyer married Marie Antonia Kellam. At the time of his marriage he was described as a master mariner.
In 1864 Goldwyer was selected to assist members of a private venture, the Roebuck Bay Association, in establishing a new settlement in the Roebuck Bay area. Shortly after arriving in the area, Goldwyer set out with Frederick Panter and James Harding to explore around La Grange. Frederick Kennedy Panter (1836– 13 November 1864) was a Policeman, pastoralist and explorer in colonial Western Australia James Harding (1838 – 13 November 1864) was a pastoralist and explorer in colonial Western Australia. The Panter, Harding and Goldwyer expedition of 1864 did not return, and eventually a search party under Maitland Brown was sent to find them. Maitland Brown ( 17 July 1843 &ndash 8 May 1905) was an explorer, Politician and pastoralist in colonial Brown's La Grange expedition party eventually found the three men dead, having been clubbed and speared to death by natives. The La Grange expedition was a search expedition carried out in the vicinity of La Grange Bay in the Kimberley region of Western Australia in 1865 Panter and Harding were apparently killed in their sleep. Goldwyer's death was harder to interpret; some sources claim that all three men were killed in their sleep, while others assert that Goldwyer was keeping watch. The date of death of the men was determined from the date of the last entries in the men's journals.
The bodies of Panter, Harding and Goldwyer were returned to Perth, where thousands of spectators attended their public funeral. A funeral is a Ceremony marking a person's Death. Funerary customs comprise the complex of Beliefs and practices used by a Culture to remember In February 1913, a monument to Brown and the three killed men, the Explorers' Monument, was unveiled in Fremantle. The Explorers' Monument is a monument located on The Esplanade in Fremantle, Western Australia. Fremantle (commonly known as Freo is a Port City in Western Australia, located southwest of Perth, the state capital at the mouth of
References
- Erickson, Rica (ed. Frederica Lucy "Rica" Erickson AM, nee Sandilands, (born 10 August 1908) is an Australian naturalist, botanical ) (1979). Dictionary of Western Australians 1829–1914. Nedlands, Western Australia: University of Western Australia Press. ISBN 0-85564-163-0.
- Forrest, Kay (1996). The Challenge and the Chance: The Colonisation and Settlement of North West Australia 1861–1914. Victoria Park, Western Australia: Hesperian Press. ISBN 0-85905-217-6.
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| NAME | Goldwyer, William |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | explorer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 1829 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | England |
| DATE OF DEATH | 13 November 1864 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | La Grange, Western Australia |
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