William Wright

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Background

William Wright entered Her Majesty's 50th regiment in January 1933, embarking for Australia in the same year. In June 1843 he was appointed Commissioner of Crown lands for the district of Wellington, remaining there until 1846 when he transferred to the Wimmera district. [1]

In January 1852 the Lieutenant Governor requested that Wright temporarily take charge of the Mount Alexander Goldfields due to Mr Fletcher's ill health. In May 1852 he was appointed to the permanent charge of Chief Commissioner.[2]

Lieutenant Governor Charles La Trobe wrote on 08 July 1852:

... It will be perceived that, viewing the magnitude of the interests at stake, and the necessity of providing competent authority on the spot to which the many questions of urgency constantly arising in working the multiform details of a perfectly new system might be at once referred, as well as to ensure uniformity of arrangement in the different divisions of the field, I have deemed it proper to appoint a Chief Commissioner, and I have selected to this end a n officer of considerable experience ad possessing qualifications which, in this particular position, would render his services of value. I may state that Mr Wright, into whose hands I had already in February last committed the duty of exercising the general superintendence of Mount Alexander under the temporary title of resident commissioner, has been Commissioner of Crown Lands in the Colony for some years, previously to which he held a similar appointment and was attached to the survey Department in New South Wales. [3]

Goldfields Involvement, 1854

William Wright was Commissioner of Goldfields in 1853 and 1854. He was a member of the Royal Commission.

Post 1854 Experiences

On 14 December 1855 William Wright wrote and letter to the Chief Secretary submitting a case for the consideration of the Government.[4]

See also

Further Reading

Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.

References

  1. Letter from W.H. Wright, Esq, to the Chief Secretary submitting a case for the consideration of the Government, Victoria, 1855-6.
  2. Letter from W.H. wright, Esq, to the Chief Secretary submitting a case for the consideration of the Government, Victoria, 1855-6.
  3. Letter from W.H. wright, Esq, to the Chief Secretary submitting a case for the consideration of the Government, Victoria, 1855-6.
  4. Letter from W.H. wright, Esq, to the Chief Secretary submitting a case for the consideration of the Government, Victoria, 1855-6.

External links

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wright-william-henry-4894/text8189


--Clare K. Gervasoni (talk) 17:19, 19 September 2013 (EST)

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