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William Shakespeare Hall
Born25 December 1825
Lambeth, England
DiedFebruary 11, 1895(1895-02-11) (aged 69)
Cossack, Western Australia
Resting placeCossack, Western Australia
NationalityEnglish
Occupation(s)pastoralist, pearler
Known forearly settler, pastoralist, development of North West of Western Australia
PartnerHannah Boyd Lazenby (1849–1911)
Children5
The Hall family house at Cossack.
Hall's gravestone in Cossack Cemetery—note reference to Andover

William Shakespeare Hall (1825–1895) was a pioneer settler of the Swan River Colony and a well-known justice of the peace, explorer, pastoralist, and pearler. He was also known by some as 'the father of the north'.[1]

He was born in London to Henry Edward and Sarah Theodosia. When the family sold

Fremantle in February 1830[3] on board Protector.[4]

The family received two land grants—of 16,594 acres (6,715 ha) and 200 acres (81 ha)—at

indigenous people, including learning their language,[5] a characteristic that would later be instilled in his son Aubrey.[6]

In 1835

Victorian
goldfields.

He returned to Western Australia eight years later,

Justice of the Peace for that region. The Roebuck Bay settlement not being a success, the whole company moved to Roebourne and the port of Cossack.[2] Hall resigned his justice-ship in 1867,[8] but his letter of resignation went down when the ship Emma was wrecked and it is not known if he ever rectified this.[2]

Also in 1867 (in March and April) he travelled in the area of the Yule River.[9]

On 2 June 1868 he arrived in Fremantle on the cutter Albert, which was carrying a cargo of wool and perl shell,[10] and on 2 November that year he married Hannah Lazenby (daughter of George Lazenby)[11] in Cardup[12] and took her back to live in Cossack. He gave up trying to farm, and turned instead to shopkeeping for a short time, before the pearling industry began to develop in the region and he put to sea with a crew of 'Malay' pearl divers. With this he was successful, but when he soon gave up the ships and stayed ashore as a pearl trader, he was less so, and before long was back buying ships—this time with indigenous crew members.

He suffered a heart attack while swimming in Cossack Creek and drowned. A tombstone at his grave in Cossack was erected 'as a mark of appreciation and respect by the North West Pioneers'.[11]

References

  1. ^ "THE PIONEER INSTINCT". Hamersley News. Vol. VI, no. 7. Western Australia. 12 April 1973. p. 7. Retrieved 31 March 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "A Nor'-West Pioneer". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 8 March 1895. p. 5. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  3. ^ Kimberly, Warren Bert (1897). "Chapter 7" . History of West Australia . p. 54 – via Wikisource.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Halls Cottage, 7 Leighton Rd, Halls Head, WA, Australia". Heritage Database. Register of the National Estate. 10664.
  5. ^ W. B. Kimberley (1897). History of West Australia  – via Wikisource. Mr. Hall was showing singular firmness and intrepidity in residing among the blacks away from the other settlers. He mingled with the natives, and spent days in the bush alone with them, and thus acquired a knowledge of their habits and language. With their aid he was conducting comparatively large fishing operations. [scan Wikisource link]
  6. ^ Wilson, H. Margaret (1994). Sarah Theodosia and the Hall Family.
  7. The Perth Gazette and West Australian Times
    . Vol. 3, no. 51. Western Australia. 20 September 1867. p. 3. Retrieved 26 March 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "Emma (1867/03)". Shipwreck Database. Maritime Museum of Western Australia.
  9. ^ "EXPLORATION AT NICKOL BAY". The Inquirer & Commercial News. Vol. XXVII, no. 1, 406. Western Australia. 10 July 1867. p. 2. Retrieved 5 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "Shipping Report". The Herald. Vol. 2, no. 19. Western Australia. 6 June 1868. p. 2. Retrieved 30 July 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^
    ISSN 1833-7538
    . (A select bibliography is appended.)
  12. ^ "Marriages and Deaths. Marriages". The Inquirer and Commercial News. Perth. 11 November 1868. p. 2. Retrieved 19 November 2014.

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