Personal
Birth Date: 9 April 1838 (Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia)
Death Date: 1 December 1895 (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)
Parents: William Sheaffe and Rosalie D (nee Earle)
Family: Isobel Maria Robertson in Wollongong in 1874, 3 sons, 1 daughter
Education: Wollongong Grammar School
Religion: Church of England
Career
Pastoral experience Stream Hill, Illawarra, NSW; Took up Marathon, Telemon (Hughenden) and Fort Constantine (Cloncurry) stations, 1863; Partner in Devoncourt station (Flinders); Normanton Copper investments, 1866; Invested in Normanton Quartz Crushing Company, 1866
Local Government Service: Mayor of Sandgate, 1892
Parliamentary Representation:
| House |
Party |
Electorate |
From |
To |
Elected/Departure Reason |
| Assembly |
NONE |
Burke |
14 Nov 1878 |
10 Aug 1883 |
|
Additional Information
Sources: Waterson, DB, A Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament: 1860-1929, 2nd revised edition (Sydney: Casket Publications, 2001
[Last Modified: Wednesday, 26 July 2017]