Frank Wittenoom
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Francis Frederick Burdett Wittenoom (born December 1855 in York, Western Australia
- died September 1939 in Perth, Western Australia
) was an explorer and pastoralist in Western Australia
. The town of Wittenoom, Western Australia
was named after him by Lang Hancock
with whom he shared a nearby pastoral lease.
Wittenoom was the first European to explore much of the Murchison
, Gascoyne
and Pilbara areas of the north-west of Western Australia.
He was the grandson of John Burdett Wittenoom
one of the first chaplains in the Swan River Colony
.
York, Western Australia
York is the oldest inland town in Western Australia, situated 97 km east of Perth in the Avon Valley near Northam, and is the seat of the Shire of York...
- died September 1939 in Perth, Western Australia
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
) was an explorer and pastoralist in Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
. The town of Wittenoom, Western Australia
Wittenoom, Western Australia
Wittenoom is a ghost town located 1,106 kilometres north-northeast of Perth in the Hamersley Range in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It is the site of Australia's greatest industrial disaster....
was named after him by Lang Hancock
Lang Hancock
Langley Frederick George "Lang" Hancock was an Australian iron ore magnate from Western Australia who maintained a high profile in the competing spheres of business and politics...
with whom he shared a nearby pastoral lease.
Wittenoom was the first European to explore much of the Murchison
Murchison River (Western Australia)
The Murchison River is the second longest river in Western Australia. It flows for about from the southern edge of the Robinson Ranges to the Indian Ocean at Kalbarri. It has a mean annual flow of about 200 million cubic metres.-Course:...
, Gascoyne
Gascoyne River
At 760 km, the Gascoyne River is the longest river in Western Australia.The river rises below Wilgoona Hill in the Robinson Ranges west of the Gibson Desert and it flows into Shark Bay and the Indian Ocean at Carnarvon....
and Pilbara areas of the north-west of Western Australia.
He was the grandson of John Burdett Wittenoom
John Burdett Wittenoom
John Burdett Wittenoom was a colonial clergyman who was the second Anglican clergyman to perform religious services in the Swan River Colony, Australia, soon after its establishment in 1829....
one of the first chaplains in the Swan River Colony
Swan River Colony
The Swan River Colony was a British settlement established in 1829 on the Swan River, in Western Australia. The name was a pars pro toto for Western Australia. In 1832, the colony was officially renamed Western Australia, when the colony's founding Lieutenant-Governor, Captain James Stirling,...
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