(Material researched & presented by Barbara Armstrong)

[? 1833 - 1906]

Henry Brind was born about 1833 at Codford St Peter, Wiltshire, England. He was the son of John, a publican, and Mary Hanslow. According to the 1841 English census, in 1841 at age 8, he and his older brother Thomas were at school at Dinton, Wiltshire, while the three younger boys of the family were at home with their parents.

Photograph from an article appearing in                      the "Ballarat & Vicinity" Newspaper -              "Henry Brind and the Warrenheip Distillery"

By 1851, Henry was at 2 High Street, St Lawrence in Kent, assistant and shopman for William Chambers, chemist and druggist. He arrived in Victoria in 1852. Two years later he was in Ballarat, where he managed a gold-mining business. According to his own account of his life, in 1859 he returned to England and worked as a chemist and druggist, afterwards joining the Dental College, Soho Square, London.

Henry then returned to Australia, arriving in Victoria on 2 May 1861 aboard the "Great Britain". By 1862 he was again in Ballarat, where he joined the chemist business of "Wayne and Robinson" in Bridge Street. At some stage the business name was changed to "Wayne and Brind". For more information about this pharmacy, see the document on Homœopathic Pharmacies, Dispensaries & Manufacturers.

In 1864 he married Hester Bennett Goodfellow (1836 - 1878) by whom he had seven children - 4 boys and 3 girls. In 1881 he married Caroline Ann Thomas (1856 - 1945) by whom he had 2 boys.

In 1864 the Warrenheip Distillary was established, and Mr Brind was appointed as a director, and then managing director of the Wendouree Parade Distillery. Eventually he became sole owner of the Warrenheip Distillery.

Henry Brind had numerous interests in public affairs. These included: a member of the visiting committee of the Reformatory; vice-president of the Ballarat Crickiet Club; vice-president of the Chemists' and Druggists' Cricket Club; vict-resident of Christ Church Gymnasium; one of the originators and trustees of the Central Bowling Club; was the vicar's warden at Christ Church; member of Bishop in Council and Church Assembly.

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