About Frederick Powlett
Lived 1811 – 1865 (aged 54). Frederick Powlett was an Australian cricketer.
Frederick Armand Powlett (6 January 1811 – 9 June 1865) was a Treasurer of Victoria and inaugural president of the Melbourne Cricket Club. and becoming a police magistrate. of the Melbourne Cricket Club in November 1838 and was elected its inaugural president in 1841.
The Powlett River was named in 1841 in his honour after an arrest at this place of two (Aboriginal) men, Tunnerminnerwait (known as Jack) and Maulboyheenner (known as Bob, or sometimes called Timmy or Jimmy), who became the first people executed in the Port Phillip District.
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Who was Frederick Powlett?
Anglo-Australian public servant (1811-1865)
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Frederick Powlett was born on 6 January 1811.
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Frederick Powlett died on 9 June 1865.
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Frederick Powlett was a cricketer.
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Frederick Powlett was Australian.
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