Thomas Frederick de Pledge

Thomas Frederick de Pledge (1867–1954) was an Australian pioneer and pastoralist.[1]

The son of Reverend Joseph De Pledge, he was born in Durham in 1867. Educated at Aldenham in Hertfordshire, he left for Australia at age 18 aboard the Australind and disembarked at Fremantle. He set of for Bunbury and worked on a farm for less than a year then left for the Ashburton region. Working on a Minderoo Station for seven years for David Forrest and Septimus Burt he later moved to Globe Hill Station to work for McCrae and Harper, first of an overseer and then as a manager.[1]

In 1897 de Pledge was appointed as manager at Yanrey Station by the estate of John Stuart. He bought the property in 1898 when it occupied an area of 270,000 acres (109,265 ha) and three years later acquired neighbouring properties; Yannangal and Yannaney.[1] In 1908 he also acquired Globe Hill and incorporated it into Yanrey. At one stage Yanrey was the third largest property in the Ashburton District with a size of 876,892 acres (354,866 ha).[2]

De Pledge died in 1954 at age 87, leaving a widow and two daughters.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "de Pledge, Thomas Frederick (1867–1954)". Obituaries Australia. Australian National University. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Yanrey Homestead". Heritage Council of Western Australia. 30 January 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "State Pioneer Pastoralist Dies At 87.". The West Australian (Perth: National Library of Australia). 2 August 1954. p. 2. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
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