xlii. ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 



He was the author of the " Philosophy of Mineralogy," 

 " Travels in Hungary," and "Tracks in Nat. Hist." 1 He 

 was nominated for membership on 7th August, 1822, but 

 there are no minutes to show whether he was elected. He 

 settled at "Varroville," on Bunburry Ourran Greek, near 

 Oampbelltown, and died on 2nd July, 1827, aged 64 years. 



Edward Wollstonecraft, j.p. (1783 - 1832). He was born 

 in England, but Alexander Berry first met him at Lisbon 

 in 1810. 2 Berry wrote: — "A tall, formal-looking young 

 man, dressed in black, came on board." Wollstonecraft 

 was a nephew of the famous Mary Wollstonecraft, whose 

 daughter married the poet Shelley. Wollstonecraft was 

 essentially a business man and entered into partnership 

 with Alexander Berry. He arrived in Sydney by the ship 

 "Canada," on 1st September, 1819. In the "Sydney 

 Gazette " of December 15, 1821, the following item appears 

 in connection with the Benevolent Society: — " The Treas- 

 urer, H. O. Antill, Esq., having also necessarily resigned, 

 owing to his future permanent residence at Liverpool, the 

 House of Berry and Wollstonecraft has kindly undertaken 

 the duties of that department." By May, 1822, Wollstone- 

 craft was Senior Director of the Bank of New South Wales. 3 

 He was also Chairman of the first Chamber of Commerce 

 founded in Australia. 4 In addition to land secured as a 

 grant at Shoalhaven, he also obtained a grant of 524 acres, 

 exclusive of rocks and sand, on the north shore of Port 

 Jackson, and erected a small cottage called the "Crows 



1 Hist. Rec. of N.S. Wales, Vol. vi, 573. 



2 Reminiscences of Alexander Berry, p. 137, (1912). 



3 Hist. R,ec. of Australia, Vol. x, 738. 



4 Aust. Hist. Society, Vol. in, Part vi, 235. 



