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Latitude
50.801389
Longitude
-1.109861
Start Date
1829-03-05
End Date
1829-03-05

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ID
t1773c

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Location notes
Selected location near the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, though have not pinpointed the exact dock that the Calista departed from.
Date notes
Biographical information
George Leake was born in 1786 in England, the son of Anne Heading and Luke Leake. In 1813 he married Anne Grouse [6]. She has also been recorded as 'Anna Grownes (Growse)'. [8] They had one daughter, Ann Elizabeth. His wife Anne died in 1815. [1] He went on to marry again later in life, marrying Georgiana Mary Kingsford on 7 October 1840. [8] On 5 March 1829, Leake left for the Swan River colony aboard the Calista. [2]
Links to slavery
Attitudes around race
Attitudes around labour
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Link to People Australia entry
https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/leake-george-2343/text3055
References
[1] ADB, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/leake-george-2343 [2] https://passengers.history.sa.gov.au/node/1003600 [3] Jenny Chapman, Perseverando. The Leake family in the political, economic and social life of W.A. 1829-1902 [4] Jane Roberts, Two Years at Sea, London, Richard Bentley, 1834 [5] Ann Elizabeth Leake, Letter, 1830 Jan. 3 [manuscript], State Library of WA, ACC 1099A [6] SLWA 1955A/64 [7] SLWA 1955A/68 [8] The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians, 'George LEAKE' [9] Heritage Council of Western Australia, Register of Heritage Places - Assessment Documentation: Henry Bull's Cottage, 6 February 1998, http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Admin/api/file/05586898-23ec-eee2-5ab1-8f6eddc65c7b [10] http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Inventory/Details/22a9fb54-9ea6-4a31-b2c6-ad1058d1a5c9 [11] George Leake at Sea, Journal of Proceedings of the 1831 [12] https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/639980?searchTerm=%22bank%20of%20western%20australia%22` [13] Michael J. Bourke, 1987, On the Swan: a History of Swan District, Western Australia, UWAP for the Swan Shire Council