Luke Leake

Married Mary Ann née Walpole. Lived in Stoke Newington, Middlesex. Arrived in the Swan River Colony in 1829. Mary-Ann followed in ''Cygnet'' in 1833 with George and Luke.1 There was a third son.

''Perth Gazette'', 14 July 1838:2

DIED.—At Perth, on the 11th instant, in his fifty fourth year, LUKE LEAKE, Esq.


  1. M. Medcalf, 'Leake, George Walpole (1825–1895)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/leake-george-walpole-4000/text6331, published first in hardcopy 1974. 

  2. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (1838, July 14). The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal (WA : 1833 - 1847), p. 110. Retrieved May 20, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article639470