XXXIV. ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 



Edward Wollstonecraft and later they entered into part- 

 nership. In 1819 they decided to settle in Australia, and 

 chartered a vessel and brought out a cargo to Sydney. 

 Berry returned and chartered another ship, the "Royal 

 George" of 500 tons and brought out Sir Thomas Brisbane 

 with his family and staff, arriving at Sydney on 7th 

 November, 1821. 



On the 6th March, 1822, lie read a paper before the 

 Philosophical Society of Australasia on "The Geology of 

 the Ooastland between Newcastle and Bateman's Bay." 

 (See Field's New South Wales, p. 233). He was one of the 

 Secretaries of the Agricultural Society of New South 

 Wales in 1822, and was also a member of the Council of 

 the Australian College (N.S.W. Calendar, p. 267, 1834). 

 He settled at Coolangatta, Shoalhaven in 1822 and had 

 a canal cut from an arm of Crookhaven to the Shoalhaven 

 River. This canal, which was the first in Australia, 

 appears to have since been swept away. 



Butter was sent from Shoalhaven to Sydney at an early 

 date as shown by the following extract from a letter dated 

 18th September, 1824, from Overseer Souter to Berry and 

 Wollstonecraft at Sydney: — "In the sloop you will find 2 

 jars butter wt. 78fbs. and also 100 Bushels Maize to be 

 ground down into Meal for the Farm." 1 Berry married 

 Elizabeth, the only sister of Edward Wollstonecraft. In 

 1845 Mrs. Berry died, at the age of 63, leaving no 

 children, and was buried at St. Thomas' cemetery, North 

 Sydney. Berry became a nominee member of the Legis- 

 lative Council, and on 13th May, 1856, was appointed a 

 member under the quinquennial system, and resigned on 

 10th May, 1861, or three days before the lapse of term. 



1 Berry Estate Papers. 



