Henry William St Pierre Bunbury
Henry Bunbury CB | |
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Born | 2 September 1812 |
Died | 18 September 1875 | (aged 63)
Nationality | English |
Occupation(s) | Soldier, explorer |
Known for | Exploration in south of Western Australia |
Children | Sir Henry Charles John Bunbury, 10th Baronet |
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Colonel Henry William St Pierre Bunbury CB (2 September 1812 – 18 September 1875) was a British Army officer who served for periods in Australia, South Africa, and India.
Early life
Bunbury was the son of Lt.-Gen. Sir Henry Bunbury, 7th Baronet, who served as Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies. His mother, Louisa Amelia, was the daughter of Henry Edward Fox and the granddaughter of Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland. Bunbury's brothers, Sir Charles and Sir Edward, had prominent careers of their own.
At the age of 18, Bunbury was commissioned as an ensign in the
Colony of Western Australia
Bunbury arrived in the Colony of Western Australia in March 1836, and was sent by Governor
In July 1836 Bunbury was sent to York "to make war upon the native" and by 1837 around one third of the Swan River colony's troops were stationed in the York and Toodyay area.[3] In July 1836 Bunbury wrote "I do not find the life very pleasant. I hope, however, it will not last very long as the Natives seem inclined to be quiet since I shot a few of them one night."[4] On 9 July 1836 The Perth Gazette reported a rumour of an attack in the York area of a night attack on Ballardong Noongar people in which several were wounded and a woman was killed.
In September 1836,
In July 1837 Bunbury was again sent to the York area after two colonial settlers Peter Chidlow and Edward Jones were speared by a group of around 40 Ballardong warriors after the arrest of two Noongar men, Durgap and his son Garbung, for stealing. They had been taken to Perth for punishment and the Ballardong people thought they would be killed without trial, like Midgegooroo had been. Stirling sent Bunbury and extra troops to York with instructions to make "proper examples of Severity to the full extent to which the Law warrants in such cases" so that "the natives may be deterred from the Commission of further outrage".[7] In his notebook titled "Odds and Ends", Bunbury noted the names of eighteen Ballardong people who were killed during the following months.[8]
South Africa and India
Leaving Western Australia in November 1837, Bunbury went to South Africa, where he was aide-de-camp to the
See also
- Sir Henry Charles John Bunbury, 10th Baronet - eldest son
References
- ^ "Bunbury, Henry William St Pierre (1812–1875)". Biography – Henry William St Pierre Bunbury – Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^ "Chronology of Western Australian Aboriginal History" (1993, Gaia Foundation of Western Australia)
- ISBN 9780868407562. p. 83
- ^ Lieut. H. W. BUNBURY St. Pierre Bunbury. "Early Days in Western Australia Being the Letters and Journal of Lieut. H. W. BUNBURY" (PDF).
- ^ Bunbury, HW, edited by W St Pierre Bunbury and WP Morrell, Early Days in Western Australia, Oxford University Press, 1930, pp.53-56.
- ISBN 9781876268947. p. 305
- ^ JMR Cameron & Phyllis Barnes. "Lieutenant Bunbury's Australian Sojourn The letters and journals of Lt. H.W. Bunbury, 21st Royal North Fusiliers, 1834-1837". Footnote from p. 224
- ^ Battye Library 327A
Further reading
- Bunbury, H. W. (Henry William); Morrell, W. P. (William Parker), 1899-1986; Bunbury, W. St. Pierre (William St. Pierre), b. 1859 (1930), Early days in Western Australia : being the letters and journal of Lieut. H. S. Bunbury, 21st Fusiliers, Oxford University Press, retrieved 24 December 2014
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