. ▁Pe ake ▁reads ▁as ▁follows : ▁"... ▁Robert ▁Hart ley , ▁Sir ▁William ' s ▁uncle , ▁was ▁a ▁man ▁of ▁very ▁hand some ▁presence ▁and ▁exception ally ▁fine ▁character . ▁He ▁became ▁a ▁Prim itive ▁Method ist ▁minister ▁at ▁an ▁early ▁age , ▁and ▁after ▁sp ending ▁a ▁quarter ▁of ▁a ▁century ▁in ▁England , ▁went ▁to ▁Australia ▁and ▁lab oured ▁for ▁thirty - two ▁years ▁in ▁Queensland . ▁One ▁feature ▁of ▁his ▁many - s ided ▁activity ▁was ▁his ▁kind ness ▁to ▁the ▁em igr ants ▁from ▁England ▁whom ▁he ▁met ▁at ▁the ▁landing - stage . ▁His ▁home ▁was ▁at ▁Rock ham pton ▁on ▁the ▁coast ; ▁but ▁he ▁covered ▁a ▁wide ▁field , ▁reaching ▁from ▁Br is b ane ▁nearly ▁to ▁the ▁G ulf ▁of ▁Car pent aria . ▁He ▁was ▁apparently ▁too ▁much ▁occupied ▁to ▁send ▁home ▁reports ▁of ▁his ▁work ; ▁so ▁Dr ▁Samuel ▁Ant l iff , ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁sent ▁to ▁visit ▁Australia , ▁was ▁instruct ed ▁to ▁make ▁investig ations . ▁He ▁found ▁him ▁the ▁leading ▁man ▁in ▁Rock ham pton . ▁His ▁fellow - cit iz ens ▁celebrated ▁his ▁minister ial ▁J ub ile e ▁and ▁presented ▁him ▁with ▁a ▁pur se ▁of ▁gold ; ▁and ▁after ▁his ▁death ▁dedicated ▁a ▁public ▁f ount ain ▁to ▁his ▁memory . ▁A ▁Hart ley ▁Memorial ▁Chap el ▁also ▁comm emor ates ▁his ▁work . ▁A ▁letter ▁from ▁Dr ▁Mc L aren ▁may ▁fit ly ▁be ▁quoted ▁at ▁this ▁point . ▁It ▁was ▁written ▁on