The Hon Edward Henty Esq MLC, albumen silver cabinet photo by Batchelder & Co, c 1870.

Edward Henty (1809–78) and his brothers have been credited with establishing Victoria's first permanent white settlement, at Portland Bay. A whaling depot had been set up at Portland by 1828, but it was Henty who arrived in 1834 to occupy land and commence farming sheep. His brothers had joined him by 1837.