# Walter Bateman

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Walter_Bateman
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Walter_Bateman.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Bateman
> Source revision: 1343603201
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{Short description|Australian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name        = Walter Bateman
| image       = Walter Bateman of Fremantle.png
| caption     = The businessman
| birth_name  =
| birth_date  = 22 June 1826
| birth_place = [London](/source/London)
| death_date  = 24 September 1882
| death_place = [Fremantle](/source/Fremantle)
| death_cause =
| other_names =
| known_for   =
| education   =
| employer    =
| occupation  =
| title       =
| height      =
| term        =
| predecessor =
| successor   =
| party       =
| boards      =
| spouse      =
| partner     =
| children    =
| parents     =
| relatives   =
| signature   =
| website     =
| footnotes   =
}}
'''Walter Bateman''' (22 June 1826 – 24 September 1882) was a Fremantle merchant who was a member of the [Western Australian Legislative Council](/source/Western_Australian_Legislative_Council) from 1867 to 1870.

==Life==
thumb|left|Fremantle Cemetery
The son of silk merchant [John Bateman](/source/John_Bateman_(Australian_settler)), Walter Bateman was born in [London](/source/London) on 22 June 1826. In 1830 the Bateman family emigrated to Western Australia on board the ''Medina'', settling in [Fremantle, Western Australia](/source/Fremantle%2C_Western_Australia) where John Bateman established himself as general store owner, whaler and postmaster.  Following his father's death in April 1855, Bateman's mother took over as postmaster. After her, Bateman held the position until November 1861.  He served on the Fremantle Town Trust in 1860, 1862 and from 1864 to 1865.<ref name=bio>{{cite web | author=Geoffrey Bolton | author-link=Geoffrey Bolton | title=Walter Bateman | url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bateman-john-1750 | work=Australian Dictionary of Biography: Online Edition | access-date=2013-08-24}}</ref>

In 1867, informal elections were held to allow the popular selection of representatives whom the governor would then formally nominate to the [Western Australian Legislative Council](/source/Western_Australian_Legislative_Council). Bateman was elected for the Fremantle district, and sat in the Council until the advent of [representative government](/source/representative_government) in 1870.<ref name=bio/>

Bateman sold out of the family business [J. & W. Bateman Ltd](/source/Bateman_Hardware) in 1872, and died unmarried in Fremantle on 24 September 1882.<ref name=bio/> He was buried in the Fremantle Cemetery in Alma and Skinner Streets where his father is also buried.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.australiaforeveryone.com.au/Perth/perth_cemeteries.htm |title=Perth: Burial places of famous Western Australians |publisher=australiaforeveryone.com.au |accessdate=24 August 2013 }}</ref> His gravestone is now in the main [Fremantle Cemetery](/source/Fremantle_Cemetery).

==Legacy==
The public company that resulted from Walter's partnership with his brother John continued as a going concern until the 1980s.<ref name=ff>[http://www.mcb.wa.gov.au/Libraries/Documents_-_general_website/Founders_and_Felons_Fremantle_Historical_Walk_Trail.sflb.ashx Bateman Brothers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130412184534/http://www.mcb.wa.gov.au/Libraries/Documents_-_general_website/Founders_and_Felons_Fremantle_Historical_Walk_Trail.sflb.ashx |date=12 April 2013 }}, Founders and Felons reprint, Cemetery Guide, accessed 24 August 2013</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bateman, Walter}}
Category:1826 births
Category:1882 deaths
Category:Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council
Category:Settlers of Western Australia
Category:People from Fremantle
Category:Burials at Fremantle Cemetery
Category:19th-century Australian politicians

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Walter Bateman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Bateman) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Bateman?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.