ICELY, THOMAS (1797-1874), landowner and stockbreeder, was born in November 1797 at Plympton, Devonshire, England, eldest son of Thomas Icely, a merchant and shipowner (d.1836). Icely received a sound general and commercial education and in September 1818 was given an order for 600 acres (243 ha) in New South Wales. He reached Sydney in September 1820, disposed profitably of the merchandise he had brought, and returned to England where he added to his capital. This resulted in a 2000-acre (809 ha) grant that Icely, back in the colony in 1822, took up at Saltram, near Bathurst, in 1823. He was given permission to buy another 9600 acres (3885 ha) and received a further grant in 1825, although these additions were not taken up immediately. Two years later Icely bought Bungarribee with the help of the Macarthurs, from whom he had already bought sheep and cattle. Finally in 1831 Icely ...

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Australian Dictionary of Biography