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Place of Birth: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
About John Monger
- John Henry Monger Jr (25 January 1831 – 23 December 1892) was a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1870 to 1875, and again from 1890 to 1892. Monger was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1831; his father, John Henry Monger Snr, was a prominent York merchant.
- His younger brother, Joseph Taylor Monger, would also become a York merchant and a Member of the Legislative Council.
- Monger spent much of his early life in England, and again visited England in 1856-57, where he married Henrietta Joaquina Manning on 21 July 1857.
- They would have 4 sons and 4 daughters. On returning to Western Australia, Monger established himself as a merchant at York, competing against his father and brother.
- He later appointed Herman Moll to manage his York business, while he expanded his business into other areas of the colony, including the goldfields, and opened a head office in Perth with his brothers.
- He partnered with George Shenton in the shipping trade, and was interested in the sandalwood industry.
- Later he diversified into agriculture and pastoralism, holding large pastoral stations east of York, and in the South West, Pilbara and Kimberley region of Western Australia regions.
- For some time he was in partnership with Aubrey Brown, a brother of Maitland and Kenneth Brown.
- The two men selected over 100,000 acres (400 km2) of land on the Gascoyne River, and also held a lease on Dirk Hartog Island.
- The partnership was dissolved in January 1888.
- Monger also became a foundation vice-president of the Western Australian Cricket Association (WACA). When Western Australia obtained representative government in October 1870, Monger was elected to the Legislative Council.
- He held the position until his resignation in June 1875; his brother Joseph won the subsequent by-election.
- After Western Australia won responsible government in 1890, the Legislative Council became a nominative upper house.
- On 24 December 1890, Monger was nominated to the Legislative Council by the governor.
- He held the seat until his death at York on 23 February 1892. Monger's son Frederick was a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for twenty years.
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