Harry Wolstenholme

Early life

Wolstenholme was born in Maitland, New South Wales, the son of Edmund Kay Wolstenholme, a timber merchant from West Maitland, and Maybanke Susannah Anderson (1845–1927), feminist and educationist.{{cite web | access-date = 29 December 2011 }} When his parents moved to Marrickville, New South Wales, he became a pupil at Newington College (1881–1885). In 1883, 1884 and 1885 he was awarded the Wigram Allen Scholarship, awarded by Sir George Wigram Allen, sharing it in 1885 with Herbert Curlewis. At the end of 1885 he was named dux of the college and received the Schofield Scholarship. At the University of Sydney he graduated B.A. in 1890.{{cite web

Legal career

He entered the legal profession and between 1907 and 1910 was in partnership with Henry Davis, the founder of Henry Davis York.{{cite web

Ornithology

Wolstenholme was a member of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, to which he was a generous benefactor, and a member of its council. He served as a trustee of Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park.{{cite web

Publications

• The Official Checklist of the Birds of Australia: With Appendix: Scientific Names-Notes and Pronunciation

Portrait

A portrait of Wolstenholme feeding a thrush in the garden of his home at Wahroonga, New South Wales is held by the National Library of Australia.{{cite web

References

References

1. Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) pp219
2. Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) Part 2 – The Lists
3. [http://sydney.edu.au/senate/students_early1_gallery_arts.shtml University of Sydney – Students in the early years] Retrieved 6 August 2012
4. [http://www.alibris.com/booksearch.detail?invid=10041851632&browse=1&qwork=4808066&qsort=&page=1 Alibris]