Joseph Hyde Potts
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Joseph Hyde Potts was an accountant and in 1817 was the first employee to be engaged by the
Bank of New South Wales (now Westpac
)..
On the 9th of August 1834 he married Emma Bates (d.1901), the marriage conducted by the Rev. William Cowper at fashionable St. Phillip's Church . They had four children: Joseph (b.1835), Harriet (b.1837), Francis (b.1839) and Josephine (b.1843).
In 1830 Potts acquired 64 acres (258,999 m²) of land from Judge-Advocate John Wylde on what was previously known as Paddys Point and Woolloomooloo Hill and renamed it Potts Point. Potts purchased another 369 acres (1.5 km²) in 1834, 470 acres (1.9 km²) in 1835 and a further 625 acres (2.5 km²) in 1835. Potts Hill reservoir and Potts Point is located on a large portion of Joseph Hyde Potts' original land .
In 1841 the Crown granted a further 256 acres (1 km²) to Potts, who was at that time Secretary of the Bank of New South Wales, near
where Homebush and Australian Catholic University
's Mount Royal College campus is located at Strathfield is today.
Bank of New South Wales (now Westpac
Westpac
Westpac , is a multinational financial services, one of the Australian "big four" banks and the second-largest bank in New Zealand....
)..
On the 9th of August 1834 he married Emma Bates (d.1901), the marriage conducted by the Rev. William Cowper at fashionable St. Phillip's Church . They had four children: Joseph (b.1835), Harriet (b.1837), Francis (b.1839) and Josephine (b.1843).
In 1830 Potts acquired 64 acres (258,999 m²) of land from Judge-Advocate John Wylde on what was previously known as Paddys Point and Woolloomooloo Hill and renamed it Potts Point. Potts purchased another 369 acres (1.5 km²) in 1834, 470 acres (1.9 km²) in 1835 and a further 625 acres (2.5 km²) in 1835. Potts Hill reservoir and Potts Point is located on a large portion of Joseph Hyde Potts' original land .
In 1841 the Crown granted a further 256 acres (1 km²) to Potts, who was at that time Secretary of the Bank of New South Wales, near
where Homebush and Australian Catholic University
Australian Catholic University
Australian Catholic University is a national public university. It has six campuses and offers programs in five faculties throughout Australia.-History:...
's Mount Royal College campus is located at Strathfield is today.