Obituaries Australia

Harry Higham, n.d.

from Pastoral Review, 16 April 1917

The late Mr. Harry J. W. Higham, who was a well-known West Australian pastoralist, was born in 1858 in Fremantle, and was educated there and at the Camden Collegiate School, Newtown, Sydney. Leaving school in 1876 he went into the north-western pastoral districts of Western Australia, and became interested in Nanutarra Station, on the Ashburton River, which he finally acquired in 1884, after which it was enlarged by the purchase of adjoining small stations. In 1886 he married Maud, daughter of the late Mr. John Bateman, and for many years Mr. and Mrs. Higham lived on the station, where they are still kindly remembered by the Ashburton community. In 1900 the family left the station, and for the last sixteen years have resided in Claremont, a picturesque suburb of Perth. Last year Mr. Higham visited the eastern States, and while there contracted pneumonia, from which he seemed never to have quite recovered, and his death resulted from a fresh attack at his home.

The deceased was a fine type of man, successful in everything he undertook, capable in every way, and unswervingly honourable. He was, for many years, a great worker for the Royal Agricultural Society, of which he was president for years. He leaves four sons.