Keywords: StateLibQld 2 114456 Ernest Henry, England, 1867.jpg en Ernest Henry England 1867 Portrait of Ernest Henry at the age of 31 Taken in England on a trip back there subsequent to his discovery of large copper deposits at Cloncurry Ernest Henry emigrated to Australia in 1857 After working the Riverina and the Darling Downs he took up Baroondah Station near Roma and later Mt McConnell Station He explored the areas around Cloncurry and the Flinders Ranges and was the discoverer and principle prospector of the Cloncurry mineral district of north west Queensland Information taken from Queensland Historical Society Journal v 2 no 2 1923 1867 handle 10462/deriv/137417 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Black and white photographs Explorers from Australia Portraits of Queensland 1867 in Queensland |