Gother Kerr Mann
Captain Gother Kerr Mann (February 1808 – 1 January 1899), often referred to as Captain Mann, was a consulting engineer in New South Wales.
History
[edit | edit source]Mann was born in England, a son of General Cornelius Mann R.E., and secured a commission with the Bombay Horse Artillery, which saw considerable action. He left India for Australia in 1836, settling in Sydney, where he helped found the Volunteer Artillery Corps.[1] He was a member of Archibald Boyd's exploration party, active in the Clarence area around 1838.[2] He married a daughter of Frederick Augustus Hely (died 1836),[3] from whom he inherited 438 acres (177 ha) on Narara Creek and 738 acres (299 ha) on Wyong Creek, which may be the properties named Cungelbung and Buccarumbi.[4] He operated a sawmill at Wyoming, New South Wales with James Hooke, another son-in-law of Hely, and built a cottage nearby.[5]
He was appointed magistrate at Gosford in 1850.[5]
In July 1855 he was appointed the first Railways Commissioner for New South Wales.[1]
He supervised the construction of Fitzroy Dry Dock at Cockatoo Island and designed the wharf layout at Circular Quay.[5] In 1859 he was appointed Superintendent of the Penal Establishment and Engineer-in-Chief of the dock establishment at Cockatoo Island.[6]
He retired from government service in 1870[1] and was appointed captain of the Volunteer Engineering Corps.[7]
Recognition
[edit | edit source]Mann Street, Gosford, was name for him,[1] as was the Mann River,[4] although the latter has been disputed.[8]
The eastern tip of Greenwich, where their home "Greenwich House" was situated, is called Manns Point.[citation needed]
Personal
[edit | edit source]Mann married Mary Johanna Hely of Wyoming, New South Wales, on 3 January 1838[9] and had 12 children.
In 1853 he purchased "Greenwich House"[a] at Greenwich Point,[10] Sydney, where he lived the rest of his life.[5]
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ Greenwich House was built for shipbuilder George Green (1809 – 30 Aug 1872), who purchased much land along the Lane Cove River.
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