Biographical entry: Ingham, William Bairstow (1850 - 1878)
- Born
- 1850
- Died
- 1878
Summary
Biography. English born planter, civil servant and trader, William Ingham farmed a sugar plantation called Ings on the Herbert River for a short period from 1874; he also served briefly in a government post in the town of Ingham. He turned to the local then New Guinea cargo trade and sailed for Port Moresby in 1878; he was killed later that year by natives off the Louisiade Islands. The town of Ingham surveyed in 1875, was named in his honour. Biographical details on William Bairstow Ingham covering his experiences in Tasmania, eastern Australia and New Guinea, during 1873-1878, compiled by Edgar B. Harris and catalogued under Harris, Edgar B., pp.47. Oxley: O.M.72-10.