Wentworth D'Arcy Uhr, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian gold prospector
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About Wentworth D'Arcy Uhr
- Wentworth D'Arcy Uhr (31 October 1845 – 18 February 1907) was an officer in the paramilitary Native Police in the British colony of Queensland.
- After being demoted for poor conduct, he resigned from this force and became a drover, leading the first herds of cattle into the region now known as the Northern Territory.
- He later became, amongst other vocations, a gold prospector, butcher and hotelier.
- Throughout his life, Uhr actively engaged in multiple incidents of frontier violence including several massacres of Aboriginals.
- He was also the subject of numerous court cases defending charges which ranged from murder and assault to race-fixing and fraud.
- In later life he moved to Western Australia and became a business partner with Charles Kidman, brother of the famous pastoralist, Sidney Kidman.
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