John Bateman (Australian settler)

John Bateman
Walter Bateman and his father John Bateman's gravestone in Fremantle Cemetery
Born	1789 London
Died	3 April 1855 Fremantle
Nationality	Australian
Known for	early pioneer, merchant and whaler
Children	nine

John Bateman (1789 – 3 April 1855) was an early colonist at

Bateman was born in London, and was dealing in silk when he married Mary Ann Benningfield in 1824. They had nine children including three sons who emigrated with Bateman and his wife to the new Swan River Colony in Western Australia in 1830. They bought a plot in Fremantle in the second tranche of land made available by the Governor of Western Australia.^[1]

On this acre of land Bateman built a stone residence and a general store. In 1833 he took on the job of postmaster, a position that his family carried out for many years.^[1] Bateman's eldest son, John Wesley Bateman, took an interest in the coast and as a teenager he would journey out with the American whaling ships. These ships were involved in a very successful business and they would use Fremantle as a place to rest and gather stores. Another of Bateman's sons, Walter Bateman, took an interest in the town and went into politics in his spare time.^[2]

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