Personal
Birth Date: 1833 (England)
Death Date: 23 February 1886 (Foote's Lagoon Camp, Queensland, Australia)
Religion: Roman Catholic
Career
Engineering blacksmith; Shipbroker Warrnambool, Victoria 1864-68; Speculative miner Charters Towers; Shareholder Brian O'Glynn and St. Patrick's Block claim; Acquired Evelyn (Herberton), St.Ann's, Glencore stations; Merchant, shipbroker, commerce agent, wool and wheat shipper, Melbourne, 1880
Parliamentary Representation:
| House |
Party |
Electorate |
From |
To |
Elected/Departure Reason |
| Assembly |
NONE |
Kennedy |
14 Nov 1878 |
10 Aug 1883 |
|
Additional Information
Notes: North Queensland gold rush at Croydon, 1885; Sentenced to prison on charges of bankruptcy and concealing assets, 1884. Released soon after. Collapsed and died on the road from Normanton to Croyden. Buried near the roadside. Death reported in The Brisbane Courier on 3 Mar 1886 (p.3)
Sources: Waterson, DB, A Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament: 1860-1929, 2nd revised edition (Sydney: Casket Publications, 2001)