People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

5 December, 1830
Westbury, Wiltshire, England

Death

11 March, 1912 (aged 81)
Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Cultural Heritage

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

• English

Occupation

• goldminer
• Member of Lower House
• Member of Upper House
• rail/tramways engineer

Awards

• Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George

Key Events

• Federal conventions, 1890-98

Groups

• Federal Parliament (1st: 1901-03, PM Barton)
• Shiels Ministry (Vic) (1892-93)

Key Organisations

• Melbourne, Mount Alexander and Murray River Railway Co
• Cornish & Bruce
• National Bank of Australasia
• London Guarantee & Accident Co Ltd
• Perpetual Executors & Trustees Association of Australia
• Goldsbrough, Mort & Co Ltd
• AMP Society

Key Places

• Castlemaine goldfields (Vic)

Workplaces

• Dept of Postmaster-General (Vic)