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'''Peter Barrow''' (born 1813), the younger son of [[Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet]], was an early settler in the colony of [[Western Australia]], becoming a magistrate and [[Protector of Aborigines|Guardian of Aborigines]], Anglican priest and school teacher in [[York, Western Australia|York]]. He left the colony after only 2 years and became a British Consul.
==In Western Australia ==
Barrow arrived in Western Australia on 2 January 1840 on the Westmoreland. <ref>Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal 11 January 1840, p.6. </ref> Very quickly after his arrival, Barrow was appointed as a magistrate <ref>Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal 1 February 1840, p.18. </ref> and as a [[Protector of Aborigines|Guardian of Aborigines]] in [[York, Western Australia|York]]. <ref>Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal 8 February 1840, p.22; 11 November 1840, p.59. </ref>
==York==
Barrow took up residence near Bland’s Brook in Bland’s Town and also was fortunate to secure the close friendship of the [[resident magistrate]] [[Rivett Henry Bland|Bland]].<ref> J E Deacon: Peter Barrow- A York Personality, West Australian, 22 March 1947, p.4 </ref>
He was involved in the formation of the [[York Agricultural Society]] on 3 August 1840, becoming its first secretary and treasurer. <ref>Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal 11 July 1840, p.2; Inquirer 12 August 1840, p.7. </ref> However, Barrow “came under the displeasure of certain of the members, so that he was forced to resign before the first show was held. <ref> J E Deacon: Peter Barrow- A York Personality, West Australian, 22 March 1947, p.4 </ref><ref>Inquirer 18 November 1840, p.62. </ref>
A Church was constructed in York (St John’s) which could accommodate 100 people and Barrow read church services and on one occasion he is reported to have delivered a “capital sermon”. <ref> J E Deacon: Peter Barrow- A York Personality, West Australian, 22 March 1947, p.4 </ref>
==Work as Guardian of Aborigines==
As Guardian of Aborigines, Barrow reported on 31 March 1841: <ref>Annual Report of the Protector of Aborigines, Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal 1 May 1841, p.2. </ref>
To quote McLaren and Cooper: <ref>Glen McLaren and William Cooper, Beverley, our journey through time, a history of the Shire of Beverley, Annual Report of the Protector of Aborigines, Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal 1 May 1841, p.2. </ref>
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Barrow published an advertisement about the cow: <ref>Inquirer 3 February 1841, p.1. </ref>
A year before Barrow's arrival at York, two aborigines had been hanged near York at the site of where they had murdered Sarah Cook and her baby daughter. In 1841, their bodies were still hanging at the site and Barrow commented:</ref><ref>Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal 1 May 1841. </ref>
In Barrow’s June 1841 report as Protector of Aborigines, he reported that in the northern and southern extremes of his territory, the Aboriginal tribes were not so peaceably disposed as those who are more directly in the heart of the settlement. He also refers to having “native constables”.
== School ==
Barrow offered to teach gratuitously any children that were sent to him, but he only had two students, the families in the York district being so spread out, with most children being taught by their parents or a tutor. <ref name=SurveyOfHistoricalDevelopment>John E Deacon: A Survey of the Historical Development of the Avon Valley with Particular Reference to York, Western Australia During the Years 1830-1850, UWA, 1948.</ref><ref>CSO Inward Letters 31 August 1840.</ref>
In April 1841, Barrow devised an ambitious plan to use his five room home as an international school, named Wallingford Classical and Mathematical Academy. He published an advertisement aimed at "educating the rising generations of Western Australians" and also courting the hope of inducing families resident in India to send their children there, instead of to England". Fees were £100 a year. In the advertisement, he named as instructors [[John Burdett Wittenoom]] , Rev Mears , [[Henry Maxwell Lefroy]] and himself, and Dr Viveash as medical officer. <ref>Inquirer 24 April 1841. </ref> A month later, Barrow published an advertisement saying “in consequence of unforeseen obstacles, Wallingford Academy will not be opened until further notice”. Barrow then advertised his house to let for 3 to 7 years. <ref>Inquirer 26 May 1841, p.6. </ref>
On 3 September 1841, Barrow gave notice that he intended to leave the colony, <ref>Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal 9 October 1841, p.1. </ref> and he sold his home to Bland. <ref>Diary of Dr S W Viveash. </ref> He left the colony in October 1841. <ref>Rica Erickson: ''[[Dictionary of Western Australians]]''</ref> The house became a store and pub called the Wallingford Arms, run by Rivers Grindall, until Grindall became bankrupt in October 1843. <ref>Inquirer 22 September 1840, p.5; 6 October 1841, p.2; 13 October 1841, p.5; 22 December 1841, p.6; 25 October 1843, p.2. </ref><ref>Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal 18 December 1841, p.4; 15 April 1843, p.4; 21 October 1843, p.1. </ref>
== Consul ==
Barrow became British vice-consul at Caen, <ref>Gentleman’s Magazine 1849, Obituary Sir John Barrow.</ref>, then of Rabat and Sallee in Morocco, <ref>Empire 18 November 1859, p.3.</ref>, then in 1862 of Nantes, <ref>The London Gazette, 20 June 1862,</ref> then from 1866 to 1879, of Kerch. <ref>Igor Lyman and Victoria Konstantinova, British Consulates in the Port Cities of the Northern Black Sea.</ref> Details of his death are not known.
== Notes ==
==References==
[[Category:1813 births]]
[[Category:Settlers of Western Australia]]
'''Peter Barrow''' (born 1813), the younger son of [[Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet]], was an early settler in the colony of [[Western Australia]], becoming a magistrate and [[Protector of Aborigines|Guardian of Aborigines]], Anglican priest and school teacher in [[York, Western Australia|York]]. He left the colony after only 2 years and became a British Consul.
==In Western Australia ==
Barrow arrived in Western Australia on 2 January 1840 on the Westmoreland. <ref>Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal 11 January 1840, p.6. </ref> Very quickly after his arrival, Barrow was appointed as a magistrate <ref>Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal 1 February 1840, p.18. </ref> and as a [[Protector of Aborigines|Guardian of Aborigines]] in [[York, Western Australia|York]]. <ref>Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal 8 February 1840, p.22; 11 November 1840, p.59. </ref>
==York==
Barrow took up residence near Bland’s Brook in Bland’s Town and also was fortunate to secure the close friendship of the [[resident magistrate]] [[Rivett Henry Bland|Bland]].<ref> J E Deacon: Peter Barrow- A York Personality, West Australian, 22 March 1947, p.4 </ref>
He was involved in the formation of the [[York Agricultural Society]] on 3 August 1840, becoming its first secretary and treasurer. <ref>Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal 11 July 1840, p.2; Inquirer 12 August 1840, p.7. </ref> However, Barrow “came under the displeasure of certain of the members, so that he was forced to resign before the first show was held. <ref> J E Deacon: Peter Barrow- A York Personality, West Australian, 22 March 1947, p.4 </ref><ref>Inquirer 18 November 1840, p.62. </ref>
A Church was constructed in York (St John’s) which could accommodate 100 people and Barrow read church services and on one occasion he is reported to have delivered a “capital sermon”. <ref> J E Deacon: Peter Barrow- A York Personality, West Australian, 22 March 1947, p.4 </ref>
==Work as Guardian of Aborigines==
As Guardian of Aborigines, Barrow reported on 31 March 1841: <ref>Annual Report of the Protector of Aborigines, Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal 1 May 1841, p.2. </ref>
To quote McLaren and Cooper: <ref>Glen McLaren and William Cooper, Beverley, our journey through time, a history of the Shire of Beverley, Annual Report of the Protector of Aborigines, Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal 1 May 1841, p.2. </ref>
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Barrow published an advertisement about the cow: <ref>Inquirer 3 February 1841, p.1. </ref>
A year before Barrow's arrival at York, two aborigines had been hanged near York at the site of where they had murdered Sarah Cook and her baby daughter. In 1841, their bodies were still hanging at the site and Barrow commented:</ref><ref>Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal 1 May 1841. </ref>
In Barrow’s June 1841 report as Protector of Aborigines, he reported that in the northern and southern extremes of his territory, the Aboriginal tribes were not so peaceably disposed as those who are more directly in the heart of the settlement. He also refers to having “native constables”.
== School ==
Barrow offered to teach gratuitously any children that were sent to him, but he only had two students, the families in the York district being so spread out, with most children being taught by their parents or a tutor. <ref name=SurveyOfHistoricalDevelopment>John E Deacon: A Survey of the Historical Development of the Avon Valley with Particular Reference to York, Western Australia During the Years 1830-1850, UWA, 1948.</ref><ref>CSO Inward Letters 31 August 1840.</ref>
In April 1841, Barrow devised an ambitious plan to use his five room home as an international school, named Wallingford Classical and Mathematical Academy. He published an advertisement aimed at "educating the rising generations of Western Australians" and also courting the hope of inducing families resident in India to send their children there, instead of to England". Fees were £100 a year. In the advertisement, he named as instructors [[John Burdett Wittenoom]] , Rev Mears , [[Henry Maxwell Lefroy]] and himself, and Dr Viveash as medical officer. <ref>Inquirer 24 April 1841. </ref> A month later, Barrow published an advertisement saying “in consequence of unforeseen obstacles, Wallingford Academy will not be opened until further notice”. Barrow then advertised his house to let for 3 to 7 years. <ref>Inquirer 26 May 1841, p.6. </ref>
On 3 September 1841, Barrow gave notice that he intended to leave the colony, <ref>Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal 9 October 1841, p.1. </ref> and he sold his home to Bland. <ref>Diary of Dr S W Viveash. </ref> He left the colony in October 1841. <ref>Rica Erickson: ''[[Dictionary of Western Australians]]''</ref> The house became a store and pub called the Wallingford Arms, run by Rivers Grindall, until Grindall became bankrupt in October 1843. <ref>Inquirer 22 September 1840, p.5; 6 October 1841, p.2; 13 October 1841, p.5; 22 December 1841, p.6; 25 October 1843, p.2. </ref><ref>Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal 18 December 1841, p.4; 15 April 1843, p.4; 21 October 1843, p.1. </ref>
== Consul ==
Barrow became British vice-consul at Caen, <ref>Gentleman’s Magazine 1849, Obituary Sir John Barrow.</ref>, then of Rabat and Sallee in Morocco, <ref>Empire 18 November 1859, p.3.</ref>, then in 1862 of Nantes, <ref>The London Gazette, 20 June 1862,</ref> then from 1866 to 1879, of Kerch. <ref>Igor Lyman and Victoria Konstantinova, British Consulates in the Port Cities of the Northern Black Sea.</ref> Details of his death are not known.
== Notes ==
==References==
[[Category:1813 births]]
[[Category:Settlers of Western Australia]]
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