page_title: Henry Stuart Russell
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Henry Stuart Russell / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Stuart Russell Family. Studio portrait of three men from the Stuart Russell family. It seems an old picture because the subjects seat might be because long time exposure was needed.
context_page_description: Henry Stuart Russell was an English-born explorer, politician, historian and pastoralist, best known for establishing the Cecil Plains Station around the Condamine River area of Australia.
context_section_description: In May 1842, Russell joined an exploration party in search of sheep country in Wide Bay. The party were the first Europeans to discover the river later named the Mary River. They also found and brought back two escaped convicts from the penal settlement. Russell made a subsequent journey in November 1842, where he was the first European to discover the river he named the Boyne River. This expedition resulted in Russell taking up Burrandowan station.
  Russell sold Burrandowan in 1847 to Philip Friell. His pastoral career ended in 1849. In January 1853, he was elected to the Legislative Council of New South Wales for Stanley Boroughs. In 1859, his interest in Cecil Plains was sold to James Taylor. He returned to Sydney, living at Mosman Bay for the following seven years. Suffering financial setbacks, he sailed for England in 1888. Also in 1888, he published a book, The Genesis of Queensland, detailing the early settlement and the growth of the pastoral industry in the area. He died at Ottery St. Mary, Devon, on 5 March 1889.
caption: The three men from the Stuart Russell family
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