Samuel Terry : the Botany Bay Rothschild / Gwyneth M. Dow
- Bib ID:
- 2218681
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Dow, Gwyneth M. (Gwyneth Maude)
- Description:
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- Sydney : Sydney University Press, 1974
- xiii, 266 p., 12 p. of plates ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0424068206
- Summary:
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Samuel Terry (1776?-1838) was convicted of theft in Lancashire in 1800 and exiled to "some part beyond the Seas" for seven years. In Australia Samuel became one of the wealthiest men in the country and was involved in merchanise, mills, breweries and land investments. In 1810 he married Rosetta Marsh (née Pracey). They had five children and at least sixteen grandchildren. Samuel and many of his descendants were influential in Australian politics and his many descendants continue to reside in Australia.
- Notes:
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- Index.
- Bibliography: p. 243-255.
- Subject:
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- Terry, Samuel, 1776 or 7-1838
- Commerce. Terry, Samuel, ca. 1776-1838. New South Wales, 1801-1838
- Politics and Government - Political action - Petitions
- Economic sectors - Financial services
- Law - Cases
- Enterprises
- Economic sectors - Services - Business
- Settlement and contacts - Penal colonies / Convicts
- Crime - Criminology
- Law - Commercial and contract
- Socioeconomic conditions
- Politics and Government - Civil rights and citizenship
- Education
- Economic sectors - Property
- Occupations - Business owners
- History - Political
- Law - Associations
- New South Wales -- Commerce -- History
- Lake Illawarra / Windang (NSW S Coast SI56-09)
- Cumberland Plains (W Sydney NSW SI56-05)
- New South Wales (NSW)
- Hawkesbury River area (N Sydney NSW SI56-05)
- Tasmania (Tas)
- Box Hill (Vic SJ55-05)
- Bathurst (SW NSW SI55-08)
- Katoomba (Blue Mountains NSW SI56-05)
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
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- Published status:
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- Publication date:
- 1974
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