Henry Kennedy MALEY

Born 17 June 1878 in Greenough, Western Australia ^[384]
Son of John Stephen MALEY and Elizabeth Kniest WALDECK ^[15]
He grew up on the Greenough Flats and at the age of 11 won a scholarship to attend the Perth High School ^{[31: 3-Oct-1917]}
After five years of schooling in Perth he worked on the clerical staff of the Midland Railway Company for two years ^{[31: 3-Oct-1917]}
He then worked on a clerical role for a mining syndicate in Kalgoorlie before serving during the Boer War in South Africa ^{[31: 3-Oct-1917]}
After the Boer War he returned to Greenough and took over the management of his father's farm ^{[31: 3-Oct-1917]}
Farmer in Greenough 1903-1917 ^[50]
By 1907 he had taken up the 464 acre Lot 16 of the Kadathinni Agricultural Area in Three Springs ^[44]
His land in Three Springs, with land owned by his brothers Charles and Solomon, was collectively known as Parakalia ^{[31: 18-Feb-1910]}
He appears to have remained in Greenough but farmed in partnership with his brothers in Three Springs as Maley Bros ^{[31: 18-Feb-1910]}
In February 1910 he arrived in Three Springs with an extra team to help with their ploughing, which was with 13 furrows ^{[31: 18-Feb-1910]}
Married Mabel Louisa BATEMAN on 7 June 1911 at the Congregational Church in Fremantle ^[384]
In 1913 he sold his share in his and his brothers' Parakalia Farm in Three Springs to his brother Charles for £750 ^{[225: 18-Jul-1927]}
Member of the Greenough Farmers and Settlers' Association - was Secretary in 1914 and 1915 ^{[81: 13-Sep-1914] [120: 11-Jun-1915]}
Secretary of the Greenough Farmers' Club's Annual Show, which had been running for over 40 years, in 1915 ^{[120: 10-Sep-1915]}
Member of the Legislative Assembly for Greenough in the WA Parliament from 29 September 1917 to 22 March 1924 ^[189]
Following his brother Charles' death he succeeded him as the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Irwin in 1929 ^[189]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Subiaco ^[50]
Died 26 February 1956; buried at Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (Congregational, FA, Plot 4) ^[2]

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