Henry Keylock Rusden (1826–1910)

Australian public servant and polemicist. Born at Leith Hill Place, near Dorking, Surrey. Emigrated to Australia in 1834. Took part in the gold rushes in New England and Victoria. In public service from 1853; accountant in the police department up to his retirement in 1891. Advocated sterilisation of and experimentation on criminals and the mentally ill; defended suicide; denounced religion; looked forward to the sexual and economic emancipation of women; and campaigned for cremation.