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Name	Johann Christian Heussler
Born	15 June, 1820 Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
Died	26 October, 1907 (aged 87) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Cultural Heritage	German Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Heussler, Sophia Esther (wife) Cameron, Louise Christine (daughter) Heussler, Catharina Sophia (daughter) Westgarth, Christina (mother-in-law) Cameron, John (grandson)
Occupation or Descriptor *	general merchant (1854-1900) Queensland, Australia German community leader (1860-1900) Queensland, Australia immigration agent (1862-1863) Queensland, Australia Member of Upper House (1866-1907) Queensland, Australia
Awards	Order of Orange-Nassau (recipient, 1895)
Legacies *	Heussler Terrace (Brisbane) (eponym)
Stately Homes *	Fernberg (Brisbane) (first owner, 1864-1872)
Workplaces *	Heussler Harvey & Co (business partner, 1857)

* Dates are approximate

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