Harper, Charles (1842–1912)
Biographical Entries
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Harper, Fanny (wife)
- Harper, Charles Walter (son)
- Harper, Gresley Tatlock (son)
- Harper, Wilfred Lukin (son)
- Harper, Julia Gretchen (mother)
- Harper, Charles (father)
- De Burgh, Clara (mother-in-law)
- Harper, Julia (sister)
- Brockman, Anna Louisa (sister-in-law)
- Brockman, Henry (brother-in-law)
- Cockburn-Campbell, Thomas (business partner)
- Hackett, John Winthrop (business partner)
- Grasby, William Catton (business partner)
- Dempster, Charles Edward (colleague)
- Dempster, Andrew (colleague)
- Henn, Percy Umfreville (colleague)
Life Summary [details]
Birth
15 July,
1842
Toodyay,
Western Australia,
Australia
Death
20 April,
1912
(aged 69)
Woodbridge,
Western Australia,
Australia
Religious Influence
Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Occupation or Descriptor
- fruit grower
- grazier (sheep)
- Member of Lower House
- Member of Upper House
- newspaper owner
- pearler
- wheat breeder
Key Events
- Commission Appointed to Inquire Into the Existing Customs Tariff of the Colony (WA, 1893)
- Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire Into the Coolgardie Water Scheme (WA, 1902)
- Royal Commission on Forestry (WA, 1903)
- Royal Commission on Immigration (WA, 1905)
- settler/indigenous contact
Key Organisations
- Guildford Grammar School (WA)
- National Mutual Life Association of Australia Ltd
- State Library of Western Australia
- Western Australian Museum
- Western Australian Trustee, Executor, and Agency Co Ltd
- Zoological Gardens (WA)
- West Australian Producers’ Union