Enoch Barratt
Enoch Barratt | |
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Born | Enoch Pearson Barratt 1812 Buckingham, England |
Died | 14 December 1895 Perth, Western Australia |
Occupation(s) | Gardener, nurseryman |
Known for | Wellington Nursery |
Enoch Pearson Barratt, and sometimes Barrett,[1][2] (1812 – 14 December 1895) was an Australian nursery proprietor who established one of the earliest commercial nurseries in Western Australia.
Biography
Barratt was born in Buckingham, England. In 1838, at the age of 26 he married Mary Ann Fleming. They had three children: Elizabeth Mary (b. Newport Pagnell, 4 December 1839), James Enoch (b. Deptford, 8 October 1845) and Emma Matilda (b. Deptford, 23 December 1848).
In 1846 Barratt was employed as a switch turner for
In 1860, he established the Wellington Nursery at his
The nursery's first advertised plants included Melia azedarach (white cedar), and by 1870 its stock included grapevines and fruit trees. By 1874, the nursery stocked the Western Australian native Callitris preissii and other ornamental trees. Seeds followed in 1878 and then shrubs and roses in 1884.[5] The nursery exported its own seeds and was an agent for William Shepherd's Darling Nursery in Sydney and Suttons Seeds in England. The nursery relocated to Douro Street (which was later renamed as an extension of Wellington Street) in 1876,[6] and retail premises were opened in Hay Street in 1895.[5] Barratt died on 14 December 1895 at the age of eighty-three and is buried at the East Perth Cemetery.[7]
His son, James Enoch (1845 - 1906) entered the business in 1880. Upon James' retirement, the business passed to his three sons, Edward James (1871 - 1937), Albert William (1872 - 1952) and (Frederick) Walter (1878 - 1948), who continued the commercial operations until 1904, when the nursery site was sold.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b "William Jardine". Convicts to Australia. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Enoch Pearson Barrett". Convict Records. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
- ^ a b c J. Viska, ‘Barratt’s Wellington Nursery’, Australian Garden History, 16 (5), 2005, pp. 11–14
- ^ "Barratt, Enoch P". Western Australian Museum: Welcome Walls. Government of Western Australia. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-553644-7p. 75.
- ^ "Register of Heritage Places - Assessment Documentation - Former Floriculture Nursery, Kalamunda". Heritage Council of Western Australia. 11 August 2009. p. 15. Retrieved 16 June 2014.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Barratt, Enoch Pearson". East Perth Cemeteries. National Trust of Australia and Friends of the Battye Library. Retrieved 27 May 2024.