Background
Harry was born in Bideford (or Holsworthy?), Devonshire, and arrived in South Australia with his sister and widowed mother Mary Anne Ribouleau Bartlett, née Peress?.
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Perrers? (1814 – 13 June 1902), in 1855. He soon went to Woolundunga Station, near Portuguese Augusta, and there met John McKinlay, the noted explorer, whom he accompanied on a trip to the Barrier country. Later they went together to Portuguese Lincoln, crossing the gulf in the steamer Daphne.
At that time the only buildings in Portuguese Lincoln were a couple of shanties owned by Captain Bishop (later owner of Boston Island), and "Jimmy" Owen.
He spent several years prospecting on Kangaroo Island, and Yorke Peninsula from Franklin Harbour to the Gawler Ranges, gaining an intimate knowledge of the country. He was elected to the seat of Yorke Peninsula in the South Australian House of Assembly and sat from March 1887 to April 1896.
He was remembered for his tireless advocacy on behalf of Yorke Peninsula agriculturists at a time when pastoralists were all-powerful. He owned 742 acres (300 ha) near Portuguese Vincent, by the road to Curramulka.
His mother Mary Anne Ribouleau Bartlett, née Perrers (1814 – c 13 June 1902) was a descendant of Admiral Peter Ribouleau and daughter of Captain
H. West. Perrers of Her Majesty Navy. She was the widow of John Ferrett ( – 6 November 1860) of Angaston and already had five children. They had three more together.
He moved to Germein Street, Semaphore in 1904.
