Hovenden Hely

Hovenden Hely ( born January 1, 1823 in Tullamore, County Offaly, Ireland, † October 8, 1872 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ) was an explorer, landowner and politician.

Hovenden Hely was the son of Frederick Augustus Hely, a landowner and chief superintendent for Australian convicts, and his wife Georgina Susannah Lindsay, born Bucknell. His family emigrated with him to Sydney. In The King School in Parramatta he went to school. After his graduation he worked for two years as a clerk in the colonial administration. In 1841, he inherited a fifth of the land of his father.

The explorers Ludwig Leichhardt, the Hovenden Hely thought was a loafer and the disloyalty accused, nevertheless took him on his expedition 1846-1847. Though this was known, Hely was appointed in December 1851 the leader of the expedition searching for the missing Leichhardt. The search for constant not only unsuccessful, but he should have also operated without concept.

From 1856 to 1857 he was a representative for the Districts of North Cumberland and Hunter in the first Legislative Assembly of New South Wales. He is said to have acted as ineffective politicians and mainly pursued their own interests. In 1859 he married Mary Gertrude Church. The marriage produced six sons and one daughter were born.

Hely had ongoing financial problems. In July 1862 he was dismissed and three other three judges because of irregularities from their posts. In 1865, he became insolvent. Business capability, he was again in 1866, as iron ore and coal deposits were discovered on his property.

He died in 1872 at the age of 49 years.