Walter Jervoise Scott

Walter Jervoise Scott (1835–1890) was a grazier in Queensland, Australia. He was a pioneer in the Valley of Lagoons.

Early life Walter Jervoise Scott was born on 3 April 1835, the son of James Winter Scott and his wife Lucy (née Jervoise). Scott was raised and educated in the UK and arrived in Australia in 1863 following stints as private secretary to a governor of Mauritius. The partnership became Scott Bros, Dalrymple & Company with Dalrymple acting as manager. Walter Scott overlanded stock from the Darling Downs to the property shortly afterward.

Later life Scott died at Valley of Lagoons on 29 June 1890. In 1914 the family gifted the land with the headstone and five adjoining blocks to the Anglican Church on the condition that they maintained the headstone in perpetuity. In 1965 the church sold the land and in 1966 built a church at 145 Victoria Street and, using a crane, relocated the headstone to the front of the new church.

Legacy A selection of his papers are held at the National Library of New Zealand.