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Waterhouse, Henry (1770 - 1812)

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Naval officer

Born: 1770. Died: 27 July 1812 England.

Henry Waterhouse spent the years 1788-1791 and 1795-1800 in New South Wales. In 1796 he took the Reliance, of which he was commander, to the Cape of Good Hope to buy stock for the colony. His purchases included 26 Spanish sheep, the first merino sheep to be imported into New South Wales.

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Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P004048. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001
Modified: 29 November 2006

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