Edward Wollstonecraft was a successful businessman in early colonial Australia, settling in what is Sydney.
12 Facts About Edward Wollstonecraft
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Edward Wollstonecraft was the nephew of the early feminist Mary Wollstonecraft and cousin to Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, the author of Frankenstein.
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Edward Wollstonecraft was born to a London solicitor of the same name, the eldest brother of Mary Wollstonecraft.
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Edward Wollstonecraft arrived in Sydney on board the ship Grenada on 31 August 1819.
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Edward Wollstonecraft received a land grant from Governor Lachlan Macquarie for 2,000 acres, 500 acres of which were located on the north shore of Port Jackson running from what is St Leonards to the foreshore.
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The property at Shoalhaven grew to 40,000 acres under Berry's management, while Edward Wollstonecraft looked after business in Sydney.
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Edward Wollstonecraft was active in local affairs, and involved in a number of societies and organisations in the colony.
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Edward Wollstonecraft was appointed Justice of the Peace in 1824.
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Edward Wollstonecraft suffered ill health and died on 7 December 1832, aged 49.
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Edward Wollstonecraft was buried in the Sydney Burial Ground in Elizabeth Street.
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When his sister Elizabeth, Berry's wife, died, Berry constructed a tomb near St Thomas' Anglican Church, North Sydney, and Edward Wollstonecraft's remains were moved there.
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Edward Wollstonecraft built a cottage on the north shore of Sydney Harbour in 1820 which he called Crows Nest.