Henry Ayers

Sir Henry Ayers
8th Premier of South Australia
In office
15 July 1863 – 4 August 1864
MonarchVictoria
GovernorSir Dominick Daly
Preceded byFrancis Dutton
Succeeded bySir Arthur Blyth
In office
20 September 1865 – 23 October 1865
MonarchVictoria
GovernorSir Dominick Daly
Preceded byFrancis Dutton
Succeeded byCaptain John Hart
In office
3 May 1867 – 24 September 1868
MonarchVictoria
GovernorSir Dominick Daly
Preceded bySir James Boucaut
Succeeded byCaptain John Hart
In office
13 October 1868 – 3 November 1868
MonarchVictoria
GovernorSir James Fergusson
Preceded byCaptain John Hart
Succeeded byHenry Strangways
In office
22 January 1872 – 22 July 1873
MonarchVictoria
GovernorSir James Fergusson
Sir Anthony Musgrave
Preceded bySir Arthur Blyth
Succeeded bySir Arthur Blyth
Personal details
Born(1821-05-01)1 May 1821
Portsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK
Died11 June 1897(1897-06-11) (aged 76)
Adelaide, South Australia

Sir Henry Ayers (now pron. "airs") GCMG (1 May 1821 – 11 June 1897) was the eighth Premier of South Australia, serving a record five times between 1863 and 1873.

His lasting memorial is in the name Ayers Rock, also known as Uluru,[1][2] which was encountered in 1873 by William Gosse.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Dual Naming of Features". NT.gov.au. Archived from the original on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Place Names Register Extract: Uluru / Ayers Rock". Northern Territory Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. 6 November 2002. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  3. ^ Shute, Jason (2010) Henry Ayers: The Man Who Became a Rock, published by I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9781848855632
  4. ^ On this day, 11 June 1897, Sir Henry Ayers: Professional Historians Association[permanent dead link]

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