Hedley William de Robert HAM

1871 - 1959  (87 years)

• Name	Hedley William de Robert HAM
  Birth	13 Nov 1871	Foster St, South Geelong, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	28 Jan 1872	Wesleyan Circuit, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
  Death	24 Jun 1959	Malvern, Victoria, Australia
  Burial	26 Jun 1959	Jerilderie Cemetery, Jerilderie, New South Wales, Australia
  Person ID	I803	FHC006 - White Tree
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	William HAM,   b. 26 Apr 1843, Bradworthy, Devon, England d. 11 Jul 1932, West Geelong, Geelong, Victoria, Australia (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Sarah ZEALLEY,   b. 13 Mar 1840, Tintinhull, Somerset, England d. 1 Jan 1906, Waurn Ponds, Victoria, Australia (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	28 Dec 1870	Wesleyan Church, South Geelong, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
  Family ID	F763	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Fanny Louisa HUNT,   b. Abt 1870   d. 18 Dec 1945, Jerilderie, New South Wales, Australia (Age ~ 75 years)
  Marriage	22 Jun 1898	Christ Church, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
  Children	1. Harold Hedley HAM,   b. 3 Apr 1899, Geelong, Victoria, Australia d. 1969, Berwick, Victoria, Australia (Age 69 years)   2. May Fanny HAM,   b. 1 Oct 1900, Geelong, Victoria, Australia d. Aft 1959 (Age > 60 years)   3. Frank HAM,   b. 1914, Geelong, Victoria, Australia d. 1914, Geelong, Victoria, Australia (Age 0 years)   4. Francis Allen HAM,   b. 30 Sep 1915, Geelong, Victoria, Australia d. 1992 (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F795	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Roll of Victorian Voters at the Federal Referendum 1899: Ham, Hedley W., Waurn Ponds, grazier. Geelong Advertiser, 3rd October, 1931: A few days ago I renewed acquantance with Mr. H. W. Ham, eldest son of William Ham, well-known in agricultural circles throughout Geelonganddistrict. Mr. Ham, junior, who is interested in sheep classing, is now at Jerilderie, NSW, the centre of merino stud sheep breeding. In hisearlier years he managed the Lara Estate for Mr. George Fairbairn. For a time he was the Government sheep and wool expert, with his headquarters atLara. Subsequently, he was appointed Stock Superintendent at Dookie. While in Geelong Mr. Ham revisited the wool department at the Gordon, where hewas one of the first wool students about 40 years ago. An obituary for Hedley in The Pastoral Review and Graziers' Record, September 18, 1959 and The Corian (Geelong Grammar Shool magazine) 1959: "The death occurred in Melbourne on 24th June 1959 of Mr Hedley William Ham, of Jerilderie, NSW, at the age of 87. The late Mr Ham was born at Geelong, in 1871, He attended Geelong Grammar School, entering in 1886, and later became one of the first class ofwoolstudents at the Gordon College. He then joined the wool department of Dennys, Lascelles Ltd, working with the late Mr Lascelles personallyandclassing various Victorian clips. While with this firm he spent a number of seasons, in the 1890's, at Willander, Hillston, NSW, classing theclipand in charge of the scour. Early this century he managed Lara Estate, Lara, for the late Sir George Fairbairn until its subdivision, when, having purchased land at Lara,hetook over the merino stud founded by his father, William Ham, at Waurn Ponds. In the years prior to World War I, Mr Ham was sheep and wool expert for the Victorian Department of Agriculture and as such covered every partofVictoria. After 1916, he was on the staff of Dookie Agricultural College, in charge of sheep and cattle. He was gifted as a practical teacherandfrom the many students he taught and the showing of his merinos, became widely known in Victoria and the Riverina. In 1925, Mr Ham moved his Lara Plains stud to Jerilderie, where it is carried on by a son. Three children - Harold, Archdeacon of South Gippsland, Mrs H Reid, of Melbourne, and Frank, of Jerilderie - survive him. Also, Mr E W Ham,Benalla,and Mrs J Charles, Windermere, Ballarat, are his surviving brother and sister. Geelong Advertiser, 28th July, 1923: Advertisement for the sale of his property "Lara Hill", 812 acres situated 11 miles from Geelong and 4 miles from the Lara railway Station.Thehomestead is situated on an eminence commanding extensive views of the You Yangs and Port Phillip. The land is rich black and chocolate soil,makingit an ideal mixed farming proposition. At present the property is run as a stud merino farm. Possession after shearing. If the property is notsoldas a whole, it will be offered in two separate farms both fully approved.