William Wright (Australian politician)

William Henry Wright (1816 – 1 February 1877) was a British Army officer and politician in colonial Victoria (Australia), and a member of the Victorian Legislative Council.

[3] Thomas Mitchell travelled through this region about 12 months after the raids and described how most of the males of the tribe who lived in that area had been killed and many of the women taken to work as slaves on cattle stations.

[6] Wright acted in this latter capacity for a number of years, giving general satisfaction to the successive responsible heads of the department, and proving himself an efficient public officer.

[6] When the previous sheriff of Victoria, Claud Farie, died in 1871, Wright, by his own request, was appointed to the position, which he continued to hold up to the time of his death.

[2] He died in Brighton, Victoria at the home of George Higinbotham sometime on the morning of 1 February 1877 after dining there the previous night,[2][6] and was buried in St Kilda Cemetery.