Skip Ribbon Commands
Skip to main content
MENU
Between Friday 4th April 2025 from 10.30pm to Saturday 5th April 2025, 8.00am this website will be undergoing scheduled maintenance and intermittent downtime could be experienced.
Skip Navigation LinksHome Members

Mr Henry Molesworth Oxley

Mr Henry Molesworth OXLEY (1826 - 1867)

Member Photo
Date of Birth: 10/04/1826
Place of Birth: Kirkham, near Camden, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 20/03/1867
Place of Death: Wingecarribee, near Camden, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Petition of Mrs Mary Jones Committee No.6 02 Oct 1860 09 Nov 1860 1 month 8 days
Cases of Charles Skerrett Committee No.32 03 Feb 1860 04 Jul 1860 5 months 2 days
Petition of Mrs Mary Jones Committee No.31 03 Feb 1860 04 Jul 1860 5 months 2 days
Member for Camden 28 Jun 1859 10 Nov 1860 1 year 4 months 14 days
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 28 Jun 1859 10 Nov 1860 1 year 4 months 14 days
Political Party Activity
Community Activity
Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in 1851, and was appointed a Coroner at Berrima.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Landed proprieter. After fathers death in 1828 received a land grant of 5,000 acres in recognition of fathers services. Lived on Wingecarribee estate, near Bowral. In 1865 had 40 tenant farmers.
Military Service
Honours Received
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of John Joseph William Henry Molesworth Oxley, surveyor general, landed proprieter and entrepreneur, and Emma Norton. Married Emily Orchard on 4 November 1854 at Berrima and had issue, 1 daughter and 3 sons.
Additional Information
Personal papers in the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales: 1. Henry Molesworth Oxley - diaries, 1850 - 1855 (MLMSS 587) 2. John Oxley - papers, 1810 - 1871(A5322); photographs in the PICMAN Database.

The Parliament of New South Wales acknowledges and respects the traditional lands of all Aboriginal people, and pays respects to all Elders past and present. We acknowledge the Gadigal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which the Parliament of New South Wales stands.