Background
Henry Mort was born on 23 December 1818 at Willowfield, Bolton, Lancashire, England, the son of Jonathon Mort and his wife Mary (nee Sutcliffe).
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He was educated in Manchester and came to Australia in 1840.
Career
From about 1841 to 1855 he was one of the pioneers in the Moreton Bay district (now the State of Queensland) working on pastoral stations. He was manager of Cressbrook Station in the Brisbane River Valley for David Cannon McConnel. Henry Mort converted the station from sheep to cattle.
Mort represented West Moreton (then part of New South Wales) in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from June 1859 to the seat"s abolition with the separation of Queensland in December 1859.
He then represented West Macquarie from December 1859 to November 1860. Mort died from pneumonia at his residence Anglesea, Ocean Street, Woolahra, Sydney on 6 September 1900 aged 81 years.
His funeral proceeded from his Woolahra residence to the All Saints Church and then to the Street Jude"s Church and Cemetery for burial. Henry Mort was an occasional visitor to the property.
The locality of Mount Mort in the vicinity of the homestead is named after the Mort family.
Membership
He was a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. He was appointed a lifetime Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council on 22 August 1882.
