Edward Curr, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Edward Curr

Anglo-Australian pastoralist and politician

Date of Birth: 01-Jul-1798

Place of Birth: Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 16-Nov-1850

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Edward Curr

  • Edward Curr (1 July 1798 – 16 November 1850) was an Australian settler and politician.
  • Curr was born in Sheffield, England.
  • He travelled to Hobart Town, arriving in February 1820.
  • In 1823 he returned to England.
  • In 1824 he was appointed manager of the newly formed Van Diemen's Land Company which had arranged to buy 250,000 acres (101,173 ha) of land in the north-west of the colony.Curr arrived back in Hobart in May 1826 and headed north to survey his company's land.
  • He established the company's base at Circular Head by September 1826.Curr was as a member of the Legislative Council of Van Diemen's Land 1825 to 1826 (later Tasmania).
  • As a Roman Catholic, Curr refused to take the required oath – that he did not believe in fundamental tenets of the Catholic faith and that he deny any allegiance to the descendants of Catholic monarch James II.
  • Governor Arthur waived the requirement and wrote to Secretary for Colonies, Earl Bathurst, for advice on 21 April 1826.
  • In the reply of 11 December, the advice confirmed that Curr was not prevented from taking his position.Curr visited Melbourne in 1839 and returned to settle in 1842.
  • He was elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council for the District of Port Phillip (later to become the colony of Victoria) for two periods (from 1 September 1845 to 31 May 1846 and from 1 September 1848 to 31 May 1849).
  • From 1844 until his death in 1850, he was extremely active in the movement for separation of Victoria from New South Wales.
  • He became known as the "Father of Separation".Curr had a wife (Elizabeth) and eleven surviving children, the eldest being Edward Micklethwaite Curr.
  • The town of Sheffield, Tasmania was named by Curr after his home town in England.

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