Life Summary - William Edward (Wingen) Abbott

Abbott, William Edward (Wingen) (1844–1924)

	Abbott, William Edward (Wingen) (1844–1924)
Born	1 April, 1844 Muswellbrook , New South Wales , Australia
Died	14 November, 1924 (aged 80) Wingen district , New South Wales , Australia
Cause of Death	suicide
Religious Influence	Anglican
Education*	King's School (Parramatta, Sydney) (student, 1856-1859) Sydney Grammar School (student, 1860-1860)
Occupation*	grazier (sheep) (1860-1924) New South Wales, Australia poet (1860-1924) New South Wales, Australia Member of Lower House (1889-1891) New South Wales, Australia employers' organiser (1890-1917) New South Wales, Australia
Key Events*	Shearers' Strike, 1891 (pastoralist)
Key Organisations*	Australian Club (Sydney) (member) Warrigal Club (Sydney) (member) Royal Society of New South Wales (member, 1877-1924) Pastoralists' Union of New South Wales (council member, 1890-1910) Pastoralists' Union of New South Wales (founding member, 1890-1924) Pastoralists' Federal Council of Australia (president, 1891) Pastoralists' Federal Council of Australia (member, 1891-1917) Pastoralists' Union of New South Wales (president, 1894-1897) Pastoralists' Union of New South Wales (president, 1900-1910)
Political Activism*	separationist (New England, 1870-1924) protectionist (member of parliament, 1889-1907) free trader
Properties*	Murrulla (NSW) (owner, ?-1917) Glengarry (NSW) (owner, 1858-1917)

* Dates are approximate