Obituaries Australia

Mr. Clement William Wedgwood, one of the oldest pioneers of central-western Queensland but perhaps better known as the secretary of the N.S.W. Lawn Tennis Association[1], died on 7th May at the age of 85. He was born in England and with his brother, the late Robert James Wedgwood, arrived in Queensland in 1884 to take up pastoral pursuits. They proceeded to Mt. Cornish, Muttaburra, as jackeroos and were stationed at the Ambo outstation of the run, under the late Mr. J. H. Grimshaw. In 1891 the two brothers joined with Mr. R. H. Edkins, late of Bimbah, Longreach, in a stock and station agency business at Longreach, but a few years later Mr. William Wedgwood took up a selection from Eastmere, Aramac, calling it Westmere. His next move was to take up a selection on Oondooroo, Winton, naming it Camara, and then to Eddington, to take delivery of this property on behalf of the New Zealand and Australian Land Co. Ltd. Subsequently he resided at Nesscliffe, Tangorin, a portion of Burslem, in which property he was a partner with his brothers, Robert and Charles. In 1907 he sold his interest to his brother, Robert, to join the late Mr. Henry Marsh in a farming property near Barraba, N.S.W., but a few years later he moved to Sydney to take over as secretary of the N.S.W. Lawn Tennis Association. Mr. Wedgwood is survived by one son, who is on a property in the Molong district, N.S.W., and two daughters.