Francis Bertie Boyce

[1] He was born at Tiverton, Devonshire, England and was brought by his parents to Australia in the Earl of Charlemont and, after being shipwrecked off Barwon Heads, Victoria, arrived at Sydney in August 1853.

In George- and Pitt-streets there were many wealthy people, while on the western side of the railway line there was a dense population and part of it was a slum area.

Boyce had for some time shown much interest in the temperance question and was active in fights for local option and the earlier closing of hotels.

He believed in old-age pensions, and on 9 September 1895 wrote to the Sydney Daily Telegraph advocating the appointment of a committee to inquire into and report on this question.

[1] At meetings of the synod of the diocese of Sydney, Boyce took an important part, and he continued active work in his parish until extreme old age.

[3] Memorials to Boyce were placed in the Sydney and Bathurst cathedrals and his portrait by Julian Ashton was presented to the National Art Gallery of New South Wales in 1917.