William Wentworth

For the Australian politician, see William Wentworth IV

William Charles Wentworth (early 1790 – 20 March 1872), Australian explorer, journalist and politician, was one of the leading figures of early colonial New South Wales. He was the first native-born Australian to achieve a reputation overseas, and a leading advocate for self-government for the Australian colonies. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (868x1158, 781 KB) Licensing This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years or less. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (868x1158, 781 KB) Licensing This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years or less. ... William Charles Wentworth IV (1907-2003), was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives 1949-77, with a reputation as a fierce anti-Communist. ... 1790 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in Leap years). ... 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Emblems: Floral - Waratah (Telopea Speciosissima); Bird - Kookaburra (Dacelo Gigas); Animal - Platypus (Ornithorhynchus Anatinus); Fish - Blue Groper (Achoerodus Viridis) Motto: Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Slogan or Nickname: First State, Premier State Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Government Const. ...

Wentworth was born either at sea or on Norfolk Island, a penal settlement in the Tasman Sea, where his parents D'Arcy Wentworth and Catherine Crowley (who were not married) were being transported from Britain. Strictly speaking D'Arcy Wentworth, a surgeon, was not a convict, since although he was accused of highway robbery he accepted transportation in order to avoid conviction. Catherine Crowley was a convict. Satellite photo of the Tasman Sea The Tasman Sea is the large body of water between Australia and New Zealand and is a south-western segment of the South Pacific Ocean. ... Darcy Wentworth (1762 - 1827) was an Englishman who immigrated to Australia as an assistant surgeon to then-new colony of Sydney. ... Folk image of a mounted highwayman This page is about the criminal occupation of highwayman, for groups of that name, see The Highwaymen. ...

In 1796 young Wentworth arrived in Sydney, then a squalid prison settlement, with his parents. The family lived at Parramatta, where his father became a prosperous landowner. In 1803 he was sent to England, where he was educated at a school in London. He returned to Sydney in 1810, where he was appointed acting Provost-Marshall by Governor Lachlan Macquarie, and given a land grant on the Nepean River. 1796 was a leap year starting on Friday. ... The Sydney Opera House is one of the most iconic landmarks in the world, and since its opening it has become an international symbol of Sydney Sydney (pronounced ) is the state capital of New South Wales, located on the east coast of Australia. ... Parramatta is a city, suburb and Local Government Area in Sydney, Australia, 25 kilometres west of the central business district (CBD) in Western Sydney. ... 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... London is the capital city of England and of the United Kingdom, and is the most populous city in the European Union. ... 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... List of Governors of New South Wales See Governors of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Governor. ... Major General Lachlan Macquarie, Governor of New South Wales Major-General Lachlan Macquarie, CB (31 January 1762 – 1 July 1824), British military officer and colonial administrator, served as Governor of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821 and had a leading role in the social, economic and architectural development of... The Nepean River is a river in the coastal region of New South Wales, Australia. ...

In 1813 Wentworth, along with Gregory Blaxland and William Lawson, led the expedition which found a route across the Blue Mountains west of Sydney and opened up the grazing lands of inland New South Wales. The town of Wentworth Falls in the Blue Mountains commemorates his role in the expedition. As a reward he was granted more lands. He then combined farming with sandalwood trading in the South Pacific before returning to England in 1816. There he was admitted to the bar, travelled in Europe, and studied at Cambridge University. 1813 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Gregory Blaxland, (1788-1855) Pioneer farmer and explorer. ... THE DETAILS BELOW ARE NOT FOR WILL LAWSON (1856-1957) William Lawson (1774 – 1850), explorer of New South Wales, Australia, was born in London and arrived in Sydney as an ensign with the New South Wales Corps in 1800. ... Cliff overlooking the Jamison Valley The Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia, roughly 100 kilometres west of Sydney, are a range of sandstone mountains that reach to at least 1190 metres above sea level (in the Lithgow area). ... Wentworth Falls (33°43′ S 150°22′ E, elevation 867 metres) is a village in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales located 100 kilometres west of Sydney, and about 8 kilometres east of Katoomba, Australia. ... The branches of a young sandalwood tree found in Hawaii Sandalwood is the wood of trees of the genus Santalum. ... 1816 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The University of Cambridge (often called Cambridge University, or just Cambridge), located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world. ...

In 1819 Wentworth published the first book written by an Australian: A Statistical, Historical and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales, in which he advocated an elected assembly for New South Wales, trial by jury and settlement of Australia by free emigrants rather than convicts. 1819 common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Wentworth successfully completed his legal studies by 1822 and was called to the bar on 8th February. In 1823 he published an epic poem Australasia, which contains lines now famous in Australia: 1822 (MDCCCXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

And, O Britannia!... may this — thy last-born infant — then arise,

To glad thy heart, and greet thy parent eyes;

And Australasia float, with flag unfurl’d,

A new Britannia in another world!

Wentworth returned to Sydney in 1824. D'Arcy Wentworth died in 1827 and William inherited his property, becoming one of the wealthiest men in the colony. He bought land in eastern Sydney and built a mansion, Vaucluse, from which the modern suburb takes its name. But because his parents had never married, and his mother had been a convict, he could not become a member of Sydney's "respectable" class, known as "the exclusives." Embittered by this rejection, he placed himself at the head of the "emancipist" party, which sought equal rights and status for ex-convicts and their descendants. In 1825 he married Sarah Cox, with whom he had ten children. He fathered at least one other child out of wedlock. 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Naval Battle of Navarino by Carneray 1827 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1825 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

A wild but gifted orator and a vitriolic journalist, Wentworth became the colony's leading political figure of the 1820s and '30s, calling for representative government, the abolition of transportation, freedom of the press and trial by jury. He became a bitter enemy of Governor Ralph Darling and the exclusives, led by the wealthy grazier John Macarthur and his friends. Wentworth became Vice-President of the Australian Patriotic Association and founded a newspaper, The Australian, the colony's first privately-owned paper, to champion his causes. (This paper has no connection with the current Australian, which was established by Rupert Murdoch in 1964.) General Sir Ralph Darling, Governor NSW (1825–1831). ... John Macarthur (1767-1834) was a soldier, politician and pioneer of the Australian wool industry. ... Rupert Murdoch Keith Rupert Murdoch, AC, KCSG, (born 11 March 1931) is an Australian-born American citizen, based in New York City, who is a major shareholder and the Chairman and Managing Director of News Corporation. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ...

By 1840, however, the political climate in New South Wales had changed. With the abolition of transportation and the establishment of an elected Legislative Council, the dominant issue became the campaign to break the grip of the squatter class over the colony's lands, and on this issue Wentworth sided with his fellow landowners against the democratic party, who wanted to break up the squatters' runs for small farmers. He was elected to the Council in 1843 and soon became the leader of the conservative party, opposed to the liberals led by Charles Cowper. This led to a reconciliation with MacArthur and the exclusives. 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of New South Wales in Australia. ... This article is about occupying land without permission. ... 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Charles Cowper was the Premier of the Colony of New South Wales on five different occasions from 1856 to 1870. ...

In 1853 Wentworth chaired the committee to draft a new constitution for New South Wales, which was to receive full responsible self-government from Britain. His draft provided for a powerful unelected Legislative Council and an elected Legislative Assembly with high property qualifications for voting and membership. He also suggested the establishment of a colonial peerage drawn from the landowning class. This draft aroused the bitter opposition of the democrats and radicals such as Daniel Deniehy, who ridiculed Wentworth's plans for what he called a "bunyip aristocracy." 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of New South Wales in Australia. ... For other uses, see Peerage (disambiguation). ... Daniel Henry Deniehy (18 August 1828 - 22 October 1865), Australian journalist and politician, was an early advocate of democracy in colonial New South Wales. ... The bunyip (devil or spirit) is a mythical creature from Australian Aboriginal mythology. ...

The draft constitution was substantially changed to make it more democratic, although the Legislative Council remained unelected. With the establishment of responsible government in 1856 Wentworth retired from the Council and settled in England. He refused several offers of honours, and was a member of the Conservative Party in the 1860s. He died in England, but at his request his body was returned to Sydney for burial. His family has remained prominent in Sydney society, and his great-grandson William Wentworth IV was a Liberal member of Parliament 1949-77. 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The new logo of the Conservative Party The Conservative Party is the largest centre right political party in the United Kingdom. ... William Charles Wentworth IV (1907-2003), was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives 1949-77, with a reputation as a fierce anti-Communist. ... The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian liberal conservative political party. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...

The federal Division of Wentworth, an electorate in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs, as well as the road Wentworth Avenue which runs through the suburb of Kingston in Canberra are named after him. The Federal Division of Wentworth is a foundation division of the Australian Parliament, created at the Federation of the Australian Colonies as the Commonwealth of Australia. ... The Sydney Opera House is one of the most iconic landmarks in the world, and since its opening it has become an international symbol of Sydney Sydney (pronounced ) is the state capital of New South Wales, located on the east coast of Australia. ... Categories: Suburbs of Canberra (incomplete) | Suburbs of Canberra ... For other uses, see Canberra (disambiguation). ...

External links

• Portrait of William Charles Wentworth in the National Portrait Gallery, London
• Wentworth's Australasia
• The Wentworth family