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MLA |
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Forrest |
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28 May 1900 |
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De Grey |
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State
Electorates
- MLA De Grey 28 May 1900 (by-election)–24 April 1901 (constituency abolished)
- Contested Nannine 3 July 1894
Commonwealth
Electorates
- Contested Senate 16 December 1922
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1901 |
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Personal Information |
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18 September 1860 |
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Windsor, Prahran, Victoria, Australia |
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3 August 1943 |
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Mount Hospital, Perth, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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March 1882 |
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Henry King Narook, grazier, and Mary Anna Wavel Firebrace
Brother of Everard Firebrace Darlot, farmer and politician |
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Married 7 August 1907, St George’s Cathedral, Perth to Jenny Wingfield Brown (born circa 1885), daughter of Thomas William of London, England, and Maria Mawby
No children |
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Church of England |
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Wesley College and Hawthorn Grammar School, Melbourne, Victoria
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Farmer |
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Pastoral experience Queensland and New South Wales
Worked at Berringarra station, took control of adjoining Mount Fraser station
Subsequently interested in many pastoral properties, 1906 with brother Everard took up Urella station near Mingenew
Bought Yangedine, York–Beverley
Prospected for gold in the Murchison
Chairman Soldier Settlement Committee for pastoral lands
Judge of merino sheep
Director Wellington Park Stud Company, New Zealand
Director Pastoral Shearing Company and Darlot Brothers Limited |
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Received Order of the British Empire for voluntary services in inspecting and purchasing horses for remount section of Australian Imperial Force during World War I (previously also during Boer War) |
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March 1882 to Western Australia, settled with brother Everard Firebrace then on Berringarra station
Amateur horse race rider in Victoria and Western Australia, also owned and raced horses, including three Derby winners
1896–1939 member Western Australian Turf Club Committee
Member Committee Ugly Men’s Association
President Western Australian Hunt Club, Perth Golf Club
Member Western Australian Cricket Association, Royal Perth Yacht Club (commodore), Weld Club (vice president), Northern Club (Auckland, New Zealand)
1889 Justice of the Peace |
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David Black, and Geoffrey Bolton, Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia volume one 1870-1930,Perth, Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, 2001, p. 59. |
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