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- Walter Padbury was an outstanding character in the early days of WA, and was voted by a leading newspaper as second only to John Forrest as the leading figure in the early development of the State. Walter Padbury was only 9 years old when he arrived in W.A. with his father in 1830. His mother and the rest of the family were to follow later, but within a few months the father died, leaving young Walter in the care of a couple who abandoned him, taking all his money (£52 in gold) and bedding. The lad then fended for himself, and from then on his education was self taught. He later brought out his mother, 2 brothers and 2 sisters from England. Over the years he helped many settlers to obtain farms, some were successful and some were not, and on one occasion when the widow of a man who had died heavily indebted to Walter Padbury anxiously wondered how she was to maintain her large family on the farm, Mr Padbury said to her, "Go home woman, rear your family as best as you can, I forgive you all the debt" when she tried to thank him he said "If God had not helped me, I would not have helped you, Thank Him". His interests included whaling, Farming, Sheep dealing, Droving, Butchering, Cattleman, Pastoralist, Shipping and Business Merchant.
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1821 - 1907 (86 years) Has no ancestors and no descendants in this family tree.
1826 - 1895 (69 years)
Charlotte NAIRN, b. 1826, London, England 
d. 2 Feb 1895, Perth, Western Australia, Australia 
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