Frank Hann

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Frank Hann with his assistant Talbot (photo around 1910)

Frank Hugh Hann (born October 19, 1846 in Wiltshire , England , † August 23, 1921 in Cottesloe , Perth , Western Australia , Australia ) was a British explorer and rancher in Australia.

Early years

Frank was the son of Joseph Hann and his wife Elizabeth, nee Sharpe. His parents, he and his older brother William Hann emigrated from Wiltshire to the western sports area in Victoria in 1851 . In 1862 his father went to the newly explored area of ​​the Burdekin River in Queensland , where he built the cattle stations Bluff Downs, Maryvale and Lolworth with Richard Daintree and other investors from Melbourne . After the great flood in the Burdekin River area in January 1864, his father's livelihood was destroyed.

Professional years

Frank Hann administered Lolworth Station from 1865 to 1870. When the livestock industry recovered in 1875, he took over Lawn Hill Station in the Gulf Country . After economic difficulties, he left this cattle station in 1894 and went to Western Australia. There he was unsuccessful in finding suitable land, discovered Lake Disappointment and returned to Queensland in 1897, where he took part in the gold rush on Mount Broome in the western Kimberley .

Expedition years

In the winter of 1898, Frank Hann penetrated the King Leopold Ranges , which until then were considered insurmountable. He discovered and named the Charnley and Isdell Rivers . In 1898 he discovered the 118 km long Adcock River , a tributary of the Fitzroy River , which he named after Charles and William Adcock, who had kindly supported him.

Hann found suitable land for livestock farming and took over 2590 km² of land, but had no financial means to build up a livestock industry and could not use it. Hann then lived in Perth for four years. He was then commissioned by the government of Western Australia to explore their desert area. In 1903 he found a way from Laverton to the Warburton Ranges on the border with South Australia . In 1907 he was involved in the gold rush at Queen Victoria Springs .

Last years

Since an accident in 1918, Hann had to rely on walking aids . He returned to Cottesloe, a suburb of Perth, where he died in 1921.

In the last years of his life, he corresponded with Daisy Bates , with whom he shared the view that the government should build a welfare system for the Aborigines.

Honors

The Philips River in Western Australia, discovered in 1898 by Frank Hann and named by him, was renamed Hann River in 1900 , a tributary of the Fitzroy River . The Frank Hann National Park is named after Frank Hann in 1970 that crossed this area in the 1,901th

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d adb.anu.edu.au : GC Bolton: Hann, Frank Hugh (1846–1921) , in English, accessed on November 27, 2012
  2. ↑ nma.gov.au : Kumpupirntily: Lake Disappointment , in English, accessed November 27, 2012
  3. ↑ landgate.wa.gov.au ( memento of January 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ): adcock River, in English, accessed on November 27, 2012
  4. ↑ landgate.wa.gov.au ( memento of January 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ): Hann River, in English, accessed on November 27, 2012
  5. ↑ www2.dec.wa.gov.au ( Memento of the original from July 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Frank Hann National Park , in English, accessed on November 27, 2012  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www2.dec.wa.gov.au
personal data
SURNAME Hann, Frank
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hann, Frank Hugh (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British-born explorer in Australia
DATE OF BIRTH October 19, 1846
PLACE OF BIRTH Wiltshire , England
DATE OF DEATH August 23, 1921
Place of death Cottesloe Town , Perth , Western Australia , Australia