In another interesting Darwin talk on August 3 Thomas Barttelot Kelly will retrace the steps of his great-grandfather from England to Australia
and later to Gallipoli and Persia. Walter Barttelot was appointed
Aide de Camp to Lord Denman, Governor General of Australia , in 1911 .
A member of the 1912 Federal Parliamentary Party which visited the Territory , he was a talented writer who kept a diary of his travels, including a visit to the Batchelor Demonstration Farm, south of Darwin , which closed in 1919. The farm was the pet project of Dr John Gilruth , controversial Administrator of the Northern Territory during this time , forced to leave Darwin by angry residents .
A member of the 1912 Federal Parliamentary Party which visited the Territory , he was a talented writer who kept a diary of his travels, including a visit to the Batchelor Demonstration Farm, south of Darwin , which closed in 1919. The farm was the pet project of Dr John Gilruth , controversial Administrator of the Northern Territory during this time , forced to leave Darwin by angry residents .
In l914 Barttelot travelled overland back to England where he joined his regiment and served with distinction in France, Mesopotamia , Gallipoli and Persia , where he was killed in 1918.
