Biographical entry: Henry, Ernest, M. (1837 - 1919)
- Born
- 1837
- Died
- 1919
Summary
Correspondence and journals, 1867-1882, 1888. English born explorer, pastoralist and miner, Ernest Henry trained initially for a naval career and saw service in the Crimea. He arrived in Melbourne in 1858 and joined G.E. Dalrymple's expedition to the Burdekin the following year. Henry held Baroondah Station in the Dawson Valley in 1860, and then took up Mount McConnel on the Burdekin River in 1861. In 1863 he extended his interests to Hughenden Station in the Flinders District, naming the property after his mother's family home Hughenden Manor, in Buckinghamshire. Henry became increasingly in debt, and was forced to sell off his pastoral interests from 1865, whereafter he was involved in mineral prospecting in north western Queensland. He discovered copper in the Cloncurry River in 1867 and with partners successfully exploited the mine to 1879. In 1882 he made further discoveries at Mount Oxide and Argylla, in which mines he held an interest until 1913. He also developed the Duchess mine from 1897. The letters and journals of Ernest Henry 1867-1882, 1888, are microfilms of manuscripts held in the Mitchell Library, see Mitchell Library entry for details. Oxley: A.4, 9. An additional collection of Ernest Henry papers is listed with John Oxley Library manuscripts but is not yet processed. Oxley: O.M.77-16.