'Edmund' as he was commonly called, arrived on the 'James Pattison' on the 19 August 1834, part of a group of boys sent to the Swan River Colony by the Children's Friend Society. In February 1839 he was charged and acquitted of burglary of the premises of John and Caroline Okeley. In the evidence given at the trial Wright states that he lived with Brockman (and previously Mrs Lyttleton) before he was employed by Okeley. At that time he was sleeping in a shed at the rear of Thomas Porley's house and his chest of possessions were kept in Porley's front room. Porley put up half of Wright's bail of 100 pounds, the remainder being provided by John Thomas (WAS 122 cons 3472/37 - April 1839 case file 1919). Thomas was killed in an altercation with some whalers from the 'Elizabeth' in the street and laneway adjacent to Habgood's store on the 17 May 1839 (Perth Gazette May 18 and 15, 1839 p79, 83 and 84). Edmund later married Thomas Porley's daughter and only surviving child Caroline on the 16 April 1840. On the 20 August 1847 Edmund Wright was drowned while attempting to swim his horse across the flooded Canning River at the Rapids Ford. In the Perth Gazette August 28 1847 - page 3: 'William Dunham late of the York district, Agriculturist on his oath saith - Yesterday, Friday the 20th day of August instant about 12 o'clock at noon I started in company with Edmund Wright late of Guildford, agriculturist, from his house near Redcliff Canning. Wright was on horseback and I was on foot. We arrived at Mr Shipton's on the right bank of the Canning, about five o'clock yesterday evening. The river was very much swollen. Wright asked Mr Shipton how the water was, Mr Shipton said it was too height to attempt to cross. Both myself and Mr Shipton several times advised Wright not to try to cross over. Wright said 'Oh bother it - lets try - come on Dunham'. He immediately rode his horse into the water and had got about half way across when he either got off or fell off his horse and I saw him strike out, and saw his head above water for about five minutes, when he disappeared and I saw no more of him'. Interestingly William Dunham married Edmund Wright's widow Caroline Wright (nee Porley). Caroline died 9 July 1897.