Mr William BOWMAN (1800 - 1874)

Date of Birth: 11/12/1800
Place of Birth: Richmond, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 11/12/1874
Place of Death: Richmond, New South Wales, Australia

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Parliamentary Service

Position	Start	End	Period	Parliament	Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Council	1 Jun 1843	20 Jun 1848	5yr(s) 20day(s)		An Elective Member of the first Legislative Council 1843 - 1856 for the Cumberland Boroughs (Towns of Richmond, Windsor, Campbelltown and Liverpool)
Member of the NSW Legislative Council	1 Aug 1848	20 Jun 1851	2yr(s) 10mth(s) 20day(s)		An Elective Member of the first Legislative Council 1843 - 1856 for the Cumberland Boroughs (Towns of Richmond, Windsor, Campbelltown and Liverpool)
Member of the NSW Legislative Council	1 Apr 1853	29 Feb 1856	2yr(s) 10mth(s) 29day(s)		An Elective Member of the first Legislative Council 1843 - 1856 for the Cumberland Boroughs (Towns of Richmond, Windsor, Campbelltown and Liverpool)
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly	8 Apr 1856	19 Dec 1857	1yr(s) 8mth(s) 12day(s)
Member for Cumberland Boroughs	8 Apr 1856	19 Dec 1857	1yr(s) 8mth(s) 12day(s)	1st (1856 - 1857)

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Pastoralist. Left school to work on the family farm at Richmond and managed the farm himself from 1825 to 1832. Received a grant of 2000 acres on the Talbragar River in 1825 and leased an additional 4000 acres. Purchased 5200 acres at Dunn's Plains, Bathurst around 1832 and gradually enlarged the property. Introduced farm labourers from England and vignerons from Germany to work on his properties. Experimented with the export of salt beef for Calcutta in Bengal, India.

Personal

Second son of John Bowman, pioneer settler from East Lothian in Scotland, and his wife Honor Honey, from Cornwall. Educated at Windsor Public School from 1811- 1813. Married Elizabeth Arthur in North Shields, England, in 1837 and had issue 1 son. Church of England.

Additional Information

Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1, under Bowman, John; Personal papers in the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales: William Bowman - papers, 1827 - 1874 (DLMSQ 555)

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