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Alexander Berry
Berry, c. 1856
Born(1781-11-30)30 November 1781
Hilltarvit Mains Farmhouse, Cupar, Fife, Scotland
Died17 September 1873(1873-09-17) (aged 91)
Crows Nest, New South Wales
Citizenship
  • United Kingdom
  • Australia
Known forPioneering Australian merchant and landowner

Alexander Berry (30 November 1781 – 17 September 1873) was a Scottish-born surgeon, merchant and explorer who was given in 1822 a land grant of 10,000 acres (40 km2) and 100 convicts to establish the first European settlement on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia.

This settlement became known as the Coolangatta Estate and developed into what is now the town of Berry, named in honour of Alexander and his brother David.

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Estate at Coolangatta, near Shoalhaven Heads was established in 1822 by Alexander Berry on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia. Coolangatta Estate...

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survivors were rescued a few weeks later by merchant and explorer Alexander Berry, who took them to South America. Throsby remained there for almost...

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by convicts under the direction of local entrepreneur and pioneer Alexander Berry. Nowra has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen climate...

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1822 by convicts overseen by Hamilton Hume under the direction of Alexander Berry to facilitate ship transport to the original European settlement located...

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of trade. William Douglas Campbell, Robert Campbell, Charles Hook, Alexander Berry Laird of the Shoalhaven, were some of the first merchants drawn to...

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within the bay is named after Johnston's boat. Johnston returned with Alexander Berry and Hamilton Hume and they traced the river to its source. When the...

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Rights of Woman. In 1812, while travelling from Lisbon to Cadiz, he met Alexander Berry, with whom he later formed a trading partnership, intending to operate...

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Bendigo, Victoria – William Abednego Thompson indirectly Berry, New South Wales – Alexander Berry Bentleigh, Victoria – Thomas Bent Bicheno, Tasmania – James...

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