33-518: John Molloy is the name of: John Molloy (Australian settler) , early settler in Western Australia (1786–1867) husband of Georgiana Molloy John Patrick Molloy (1873–1948), Canadian veterinarian and politician John Molloy (priest) (died 1922), Archdeacon of Raphoe from 1900 John Molloy (musician) (1960-2018), British musician and game designer. [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
66-536: A cutter and gig with parties continuing on foot from 13 March. In late March, Success moved to Sydney , arriving there on 15 April. Stirling arrived back in England in July 1828, promoting in glowing terms the agricultural potential of the area. His lobbying was for the establishment of a free settlement – unlike penal colonies at New South Wales , Port Arthur and Norfolk Island – in
99-402: A few settlers arrived and additional stores were dispatched. By 1832 the population of the colony had reached about 1,500. Aboriginal people were not counted at that time, but in the south west have been estimated to number 15,000. The difficulty of clearing land to grow crops was so great that by 1850 the population of settlers had increased only to 5,886. This population had settled mainly around
132-584: A lack of Dutch exploration from then on. In 1801, the French ships Géographe captained by Nicolas Baudin and Naturaliste captained by Emmanuel Hamelin visited the area from the south. While Géographe continued northwards, Naturaliste remained for a few weeks. A small expedition dragged longboats over the sand bar and explored the Swan River. They also gave unfavourable descriptions regarding any potential settlement due to many mud flats upstream and
165-530: A privately run settlement were also started with a consortium of four gentlemen headed by Potter McQueen , a member of Parliament who had already acquired a large tract of land in New South Wales . The consortium withdrew after the Colonial Office refused to give it preference over independent settlers in selecting land, but one member, Thomas Peel , accepted the terms and proceeded alone. Peel
198-565: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages John Molloy (Australian settler) Captain John Molloy (5 September 1786 – 6 October 1867) was an early Irish settler in Western Australia . He was one of the original settlers of Augusta and an early settler of Busselton . The outline of John Molloy's birth and early life are believed by some to be clear, though there
231-598: Is little detail and published accounts vary greatly. This is just one possible version that he was the same John Molloy who was baptised at St Martin-in-the-Fields in London, on 8 October 1786, the son of William and Mary Molloy. As John celebrated his birthday on 5 September in later life, his birth date may have been 5 September 1786. This William Molloy had a shoe warehouse at 16 High St, St Giles, London. He made his will in 1804, leaving bequests to his son, John, and his daughter, Susanna, who were to inherit their shares of
264-787: The Peninsular War of 1808–10 and was promoted to lieutenant in 1809. Then, during a two-year break in military engagements, he attended the Royal Military College , at Great Marlow . From 1812 to 1814, he fought in the Napoleonic Wars under Wellington , taking part in eight battles. In 1815 he fought at Waterloo where he was badly wounded and received the Waterloo Medal . After recovering his health, he returned to active duty, being posted to Glasgow in 1819–20, then Ireland until 1825. In 1824 he
297-668: The Bussell brothers in a further massacre over a number of days, starting out with isolated killings and then a mass shooting of dozens of Wardandi Noongar people at Lake Minninup. Molloy gave orders that women and children should be spared, but no mercy should be shown to the men. Noongar oral history remembers that "the white men's guns were too many so some of the Aboriginals got away but they were rounded up and shot north of Capel River". Georgiana Molloy 's incomplete collection of writings does not mention her husband's activities and
330-580: The Molloys join with some other newly arrived settlers in forming a subcolony in the vicinity of Cape Leeuwin . Late in April, a group of prospective settlers including the Molloys and Bussells accompanied Stirling and his official party to the proposed site of the subcolony. After a four-day exploratory expedition up the Blackwood River , Stirling confirmed his decision to establish a settlement at
363-571: The Swan River Colony for Britain on 2 May. Parmelia arrived in Cockburn Sound on 2 June carrying Stirling and his party, and HMS Sulphur arrived on 8 June carrying members of the 63rd Regiment and families. Three merchant ships arrived shortly after: Calista on 5 August, St Leonard on 6 August and Marquis of Anglesea on 23 August. A series of accidents followed the arrivals which probably nearly caused
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#1732787512179396-614: The Swan River area with himself as its governor. As a result of these reports, and a rumour in London that the French were about to establish a penal colony in the western part of Australia, possibly at Shark Bay , the Colonial Office assented to the proposal in mid-October 1828. In December 1828, a Secretary of State for Colonies despatch reserved land for the Crown, as well as for the clergy, and for education, and specified that water frontage
429-401: The Swan River. His ships could not sail up the river because of a sand bar at its mouth, so he sent out a sloop which even then required some dragging over the sand bar. They sailed until reaching mud flats probably near Heirisson Island . They saw some Aboriginal people but were not able to meet any close up. Vlamingh was also not impressed with the area, and this was probably the reason for
462-415: The abandonment of the expedition. Challenger and Sulphur both struck rocks while entering Cockburn Sound and were fortunate to escape with only minor damage. Parmelia however, under Stirling's "over confident pilotage", also ran aground, lost her rudder and damaged her keel, which necessitated extensive repairs. With winter now set in, the settlers were obliged to land on Garden Island . Bad weather and
495-452: The commission the same day. He resigned as Government Resident in March 1851 on the grounds of old age. From 1860 on, he gradually turned over management of his property to Richard Gale . He died on 6 October 1867, and was buried alongside his wife. The age given on Molloy's grave, 87, is inaccurate: it should be 81. Molloy's eldest daughter Sabina married Matthew Blagden Hale , who became
528-631: The estate when they reached the age of 21. The will also stipulates regular payments from the estate to William Molloy's mother, who was living in King's County , Ireland. St Giles was well known as a quarter where Irish tradesmen settled. William Molloy died in December 1804. John Molloy was able to buy a commission in the Rifle Brigade on 17 December 1807, just over three months after his 21st birthday, when he came into his inheritance. He fought in
561-570: The first Anglican Bishop of Perth . Another daughter Flora married William Locke Brockman . Swan River Colony The Swan River Colony , also known as the Swan River Settlement , or just Swan River , was a British colony established in 1829 on the Swan River , in Western Australia . This initial settlement place on the Swan River was soon named Perth , and it became the capital city of Western Australia. The name
594-517: The first visitor to the Swan River area was Frederick de Houtman on 19 July 1619, travelling on the ships Dordrecht and Amsterdam . His records indicate he first reached the Western Australian coast at latitude 32°20', which is approximately at Warnbro Sound . He did not land because of heavy surf, and so proceeded northwards without much investigation. On 28 April 1656, Vergulde Draeck en route to Batavia (now Jakarta )
627-420: The location. The settlers' possessions were unloaded, and Molloy was appointed Government Resident and resident magistrate for the settlement, to be called Augusta . For the first few years of the settlement, Molloy's main tasks, other than establishment of his own farm, were the allocation of land, and laying out of the townsite. When Molloy named the streets and coastal features of Augusta in 1832, he chose
660-517: The mainland because of the many reefs. They then travelled north and subsequently found the wreck of Vergulde Draeck (but still no survivors). They gave an unfavourable opinion of the area partly due to the dangerous reefs. The Dutch captain Willem de Vlamingh was the next European in the area. Commanding three ships, Geelvinck , Nijptangh and Weseltje , he arrived at and named Rottnest on 29 December 1696, and on 10 January 1697 visited and named
693-454: The massacre was not reported in detail by Captain Molloy to authorities. When his wife died in 1843, he stayed on at Busselton. In 1850, he visited England, returning to Western Australia in 1852. On his return, he continued as Busselton's magistrate, dealing with the arrival of convicts . In 1859 he transferred to the 9th Foot and was promoted to major and lieutenant-colonel , but sold
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#1732787512179726-427: The names and titles of Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany , who had died five years previously: Osnaburg Street, York Street, Albany Terrace, Duke's Head and Point Frederick. In 1839 he moved to Busselton , and began to work on building a 12,000-acre (4,900 ha) property called Fair Lawn in what is now Bovell . He became the town's first magistrate, which he found more complicated than at Augusta because of
759-509: The new colony arrived back in England in late January 1830. They described the poor conditions and the starving state of the colonists, deemed the land totally unfit for agriculture, and reported (incorrectly) that the settlers had abandoned the colony. As a result of these reports, many people cancelled their migration plans or diverted to Cape Town in South Africa, or to the more well-established New South Wales colony. Nevertheless,
792-704: The presence of American whalers and difficult relationships with the Indigenous Australians. In 1841 Molloy led a massacre of Wardandi Noongar people in reprisal for the spearing of George Layman. The massacre took place over several days, with around seven people killed initially. This was reported in the Perth Gazette in March 1841. Molloy was joined by two Bussell brothers, and Frances Bussell noted in her diary on 27 February: "Captain Molloy drank tea here. 7 natives killed." Molloy subsequently led his soldiers and colonial settlers including
825-438: The required repairs meant that Stirling did not manage to reach the mainland until 18 June, and the remaining settlers on Parmelia finally arrived in early August. In early September a major disaster occurred: Marquis of Anglesea was driven ashore during a gale and wrecked beyond repair. The ship did not break up, as had been expected, but instead survived to become Western Australia's first prison hulk . The first reports of
858-405: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Molloy&oldid=1108908989 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
891-412: The sand bar (the sand bar wasn't removed until the 1890s when C. Y. O'Connor built Fremantle harbour). Later in March 1803, Géographe , with another ship Casuarina , passed by Rottnest on their way eventually back to France, but did not stop longer than a day or two. The next visit to the area was the first Australian-born maritime explorer, Phillip Parker King in 1822 on Bathurst . King
924-556: Was a pars pro toto for Western Australia. On 6 February 1832, the colony was renamed the Colony of Western Australia , when the colony's founding lieutenant-governor , Captain James Stirling , belatedly received his commission. However, the name Swan River Colony remained in informal use for many years. The first recorded Europeans to sight land where the city of Perth is now located were Dutch sailors. Most likely
957-580: Was allocated 200,000 hectares (500,000 acres), conditional on his arrival at the settlement before 1 November 1829 with 400 settlers. Peel arrived after this date with only 300 settlers, but was still granted 100,000 hectares (250,000 acres). The first ship to reach the Swan River was HMS Challenger . After she anchored off Garden Island on 25 April 1829 and then in Cockburn Sound on 27 April, Captain Charles Fremantle declared
990-511: Was also the son of former Governor Philip Gidley King of New South Wales . However, King also was not impressed with the area. The founding father of Western Australia was Captain James Stirling who, in 1827, explored the Swan River area in HMS ; Success which first anchored off Rottnest , and later in Cockburn Sound. He was accompanied by Charles Fraser , the New South Wales botanist. Their initial exploration began on 8 March in
1023-537: Was promoted to captain. On 6 August 1829, Molloy married Georgiana Kennedy , and began to consider emigrating to Western Australia. The Molloys eventually sailed for Western Australia on board Warrior in October 1829. On arriving at the Swan River Colony in March 1830, Molloy was advised by Governor Stirling that the best land in the area had already been granted . Stirling suggested instead that
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1056-580: Was shipwrecked 107 km (66 mi) north of the Swan River near Ledge Point. Of the 193 on board, only 75 made it to shore. A small boat that survived the wreckage then sailed to Batavia for help, but a subsequent search party found none of the survivors. The wreck was rediscovered in 1963. In 1658, three Dutch Republic ships, also partially searching for Vergulde Draeck visited the area. Waekende Boey under Captain S. Volckertszoon, Elburg under Captain J. Peereboom and Emeloort under Captain A. Joncke sighted Rottnest but did not proceed any closer to
1089-476: Was to be rationed. The most cursory exploration had preceded the British decision to found a settlement at the Swan River; the most makeshift arrangements were to govern its initial establishment and the granting of land; and the most sketchy surveys were to be made before the grants were actually occupied. A set of regulations were worked out for distributing land to settlers based on land grants . Negotiations for
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