Aged 81

Captain Svensen

Death in Brisbane — Aged 81

ALL former residents of the Solomon Islands, and hundreds of people in Australia and elsewhere, will learn with regret of the death of Captain Oscar Svensen, well-known pioneer planter, which occurred on November 12, in Brisbane, at the age of 81.

Captain Svensen was born in Larvik, Norway, and he was only 21 when he came to Australia, in 1883. For many years he followed the sea, and qualified as a master mariner. He established coconut plantations in the Solomon Islands soon after the British Protec torate was proclaimed, and he was more than usually successful. In his later years he was a director of Mamara Plan tations, Ltd., Solomon Islands Rubber Plantations, Ltd. (he was one of the first, if not the first, to cultivate rubber in the Solomons), and Domma Plantations Pty., Ltd.

Captain Svensen, in 1900, married Miss Henriette Schroder. In 1918 he was appointed Norwegian Consul in Brisbane, and in 1927 he was awarded, for his ser vices, the Royal (Norwegian) Order of St. Olaf, Ist Class. The seven daughters and one son of Captain and Mrs.

Svensen are: Mrs. N. V. Whitehouse, Holland Park; Mrs. T. J. Campbell, “Kolonga,” Gin Gin; Mrs. E. Palmer, Coolangatta; Mrs. A. D. Collins. North Queensland; Mrs. R. Tonks, Ipswich Road, South Brisbane; Mrs. E. G. Savage, “Belbri,” Roma; Miss L. R. Svensen; and Captain Oscar Svensen '(British Solomon Islands Forces).