Mr Edward Jones BREWSTER

Place of Birth: Southern Ireland

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Parliamentary Service

Position	Start	End	Period	Parliament	Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Council	1 Jan 1846	1 Feb 1848	2yr(s) 1mth(s) 1day(s)		An Elective Member of the first Legislative Council 1843 - 1856 for the District of Port Phillip

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Lawyer (barrister). Trained in Dublin, Ireland; admitted to the New South Wales Bar in 1839. Appointed Chairman of the Court of Quarter Sessions in Melbourne, Port Phillip District, at its establishment in May 1839. On the Bench of Magistrates, Melbourne, in 1841. Lived in Strathmore, then outside Melbourne, where he was one of the first to buy land in the Crown land sales of 1845; he soon sold the land for a large profit. Owned land in Moonee Moonee Ponds. Laid the first stone of the first bridge to cross the Yarra River. Ordained as a Church of England clergyman in 1853.

Personal

The dates of his birth and death are not known. Born in Ireland.

Additional Information

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