WYNNE/RILEY- GROLIER ENCYCLOPAEDIA
Mary Millar
There is a great deal of information that should help you finding more of
your ancestors and their lives.
from Grolier Encyclopaedia under heading WYNNE - volume 9 pg 519a
WYNNE ART PRIZE.
The WYNNE PRIZE was possible by the bequest of Richard WYNNE, of Mount
Wilson. NSW., who died in Sydney in 1895 at the age of 73, leaving an estate
of £82,000. He had been largely responsible for developing a little
settlement at Mount Wilson, where he had established a home in 1875.
WYNNE left the sum of £1000 so that an annual prize could be provided for
the best landscape painting of Australian scenery in oils or water-colours,
or for the best example of figure sculpture by Australian artists. The
competition, which attracts entries from all over Australia, is judged by
the trustees of the National
Art Gallery, Sydney and the prize money is about £40. The entries of which
no artist should submit more than two must be completed during the 12 months
preceding the closing date of the competition. Those works which are
considered of sufficient merit by the adjudicators are exhibited in the Art
Gallery for a period not exceeding two months. The prize has been awarded
every year since 1897, when it first went to Walter WITHERS (q.v.) for a
painting entitled "The Storm". Up to 1957 it had been awarded 54 times for
landscape entries and six times for sculpture.
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under heading DU FAUR Volume 3 page 304a
.............appointed draftsman in the Dept. of Lands Sydney. After 18
years of useful departmental work DU FAUR retired.and formed a partnership
with J.B. DONKIN to carry on business as pastoral agents. In 1885 the firm
became DU FAUR and GERARD, and in 1899 GERARD retired; two years later DU
FAUR also left the business. Meanwhile he and R. WYNNE became the first
persons to open up Mount Wilson, Blue Mountains for residential settlement.
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under heading RILEY volume 7 page 434a
Edward RILEY (1783-1825), merchant, was born in England and emigrated to
Sydney in or about 1808. He appears to have been associated with his
brother, Alexander RILEY (q.v.) in the firm of RILEY & JONES, general
merchants. When Alexander RILEY retired from the firm in 1817 the business
was conducted for a time by Richard JONES and Edward RILEY in the name of
JONES & RILEY. Five years later the firm, which was then JONES, RILEY &
WALKER, became RILEY & WALKER.
In 1818 Edward RILEY was elected a director of the Bank of NSW. He was
appointed a member of the Supreme Court in 1824. He was interested in sheep
breeding and in 1824 the Agricultural Society of NSW awarded him a prize for
the best five Merino two-tooth ewes entered in the comp. In 1822 he
purchased a large estate, WOOLLOOMOOLOO (after which a Sydney suburb is
named ) and went to live there.
On 21st Feb. 1825 RILEY shot himself while mentally deranged. he left a
widow and family of seven children, to whom he bequeathed his estate, which
when subdivided in 1842 realized approx. £100,000 (This estate stretched
from high water mark at Woolloomooloo to William Street and New South Head
Road, and one of many streets built in it was named RILEY.)
George RILEY, a son of Edward, acquired land at BONG BONG and PARRAMATTA and
took up horsebreeding and racing, at which he proved very successful.
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under heading RILEY Volume 7 page 433a
ALEXANDER RILEY (c1780-1833) early official and merchant, was the son of
George RILEY a London bookseller, to whom he was apprenticed in 1794. He
together with his wife Sophie, reached NSW as a free settler in June 1804
with a recommendation that he be granted not less than 150 acres of land and
be employed in any civil capacity. Shortly after his arrival he was
appointed storekeeper at Port Dalrymple (Launceston) and in the following
year became deputy commissary there. When Lieut.Gov PATERSON returned to
Sydney from Tasmania on 1.1.1809 RILEY accompanied him and later acted as
his secretary.
Subsequently RILEY became a merchant in Sydney. He purchased 750 acres and
what is now BURWOOD, where he erected a splendid villa; and he carried on
grazing on 3000 acres of land grant him (1809) near NARELLAN; this property
be named RABY. He was one of the contractors for building the general
hospital at Sydney and was a member of the first syndicate that made
proposals for trading with New Zealand.
In 1815 Gov. MACQUARIE appointed RILEY a member of the first Supreme Court
bench established in NSW, he had and his colleague, William BROUGHTON,
disagreed with the judge, Jeffery Hart BENT (q.v.) over his refusal to admit
ex-convict attorneys to practice. In Dec. 1816 RILEY was discharged from
duty as a member of the court. He assisted in the establishment of the Bank
of NSW in 1817 and was one of its first directors for a few weeks. In July
1817 he retired from the firm of RILEY & JONES (which had been formed in
1815) and sailed for England soon afterwards. He died there on 17th
November, 1833.
A son of Alexander RILEY arrived in Sydney in June 1830 and successfully
carried on sheep breeding at RABY and at CAVAN in the YASS district. He
died in 1836 at the age of 29 years.
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Regards,
Mary of Melbourne
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> Thanks Mary
>
> Richard Owen Wynne
> first Mayor of Burwood NSW
> born about 1840
> died 1895
> married 1857 to Mary Ann Neich
>
> cant find anything on him, or his parentage etc, so wld appreciate your
> help.
>
> also:
>
> George Riley
> first shopkeeper at Bowral/Berrima
> died 1888 aged 88
> wife was Phillis Hanks
>
> wld like parentage and place of birth for George pls if you have it.
>
> kind regards
> Lina
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mary Millar" <elth...@techinfo.com.au>
> To: "Lina Moffitt" <disab...@optusnet.com.au>
> Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 8:55 PM
> Subject: Re: Grolier
>
>
> > Dear Lina,
> > I picked up a full set of these encyclopaedia (some with paint on them)
at
> a
> > garage sale for only $2.00 which includes a full index. I have been
able
> to
> > help many people with info. as they contain only information on
Australia
> > from its discovery.
> > I think they were printed around 1960. If you are interested in any
other
> > names let me know.
> > Sorry there were no pictures but I imagine you could find some at the
> > Tasmanian Library.
> > Mary
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Lina Moffitt <disab...@optusnet.com.au>
> > To: Mary Millar <elth...@techinfo.com.au>
> > Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 9:32 AM
> > Subject: Grolier
> >
> >
> > Dear Mary
> >
> > this info is fantastic!
> >
> > Do I have to buy the Grolier disc or is it online?
> >
> > kind regards
> > Lina
> >
> >
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