Most people with the surname Canet in Australia are descended from Robert Canet.

Roberts parents were Zacharias Theophile CANET who married Margaret TURNBULL, daughter of Algernon TURNBULL and Margaret Ann MORGAN, on Jan 18 1841 at St Annes Church, Westminster, London.

Their children were:
Catherine Honorine (1841)
Honorine (1842)
Theophile (1843 to 1848)
Robert (1845-1936)
Philip (1847)
Theophile (1949)
Margaret (1851)

Robert married Elizabeth Ann MONTGOMERY (1859-1948), daughter of John Montgomery (circa 1815-1892) and Elizabeth SANDILANDS (1829-1903), on May 20 1878.

Their children:
Henry (1878-1953) married Alice Cassandra BARTLETT, married Cecile Alice May O'DONNELL
Elizabeth Ann (1880-1955) married William Charles DUDLEY
Honorine (1882-1883)
Albert (1883-1955) married Linda Caroline Miechel
Rosa Honorine (1885-1965) married Frederick Abbott RIMES
Robert George (1886-1956) married Gertrude Catherine EASTON
Violet (1888-1889)
Daisy (1889-1986) married John Joseph HOAREY
John (1891-1969) married Alexandra DUNBERTON
Honorine Renee (1893-1979) married John Cochrane GARDINER
Charles (1895-1978) married Katherine Lottie MACAULEY
Jessie Grace (1898-1974)
Pauline Isabelle (1899-2001)

Further information on the descendents of Henry Canet and his sister Elizabeth are available.