Cirrus@Austlit

Born in Dover, Henry followed his brothers to Australia in 1863 where he joined them in a squatting venture at Mt. McConnell on the Burdekin River. In January 1866 he began 22 years of public service, beginning as Acting Sub-Inspector in the Native Mounted Police. In May 1868 he was appointed District Registrar at Mitchell, and in January 1872 became Police Magistrate in Tambo. He continued as Police Magistrate for a number of years, serving in Normanton from November 1873, Claremont and Copperfield from January 1878, and Townsville from April 1885 until his resignation on 25 May 1888. Henry then stood for the 1888 election against John Murtagh Macrossan and Robert Philp.

In 1889 Henry was listed as the publisher of The North Queensland Telegraph for the proprietors, The Northern Age and Telegraph Newspapers Company Ltd. When this company went into liquidation in 1892, he converted the paper to a weekly and moved it to Halifax where it continued for six years. During this time, Henry also ran a sugar plantation in the Ingham district.

Source: James Manion Paper Power in North Queensland Townsville: The North Queensland Newspaper Company Ltd, 1982.