Parliamentary activity
Information about members' parliamentary service including their positions held and biography.
Positions
| Position | Start | End | Period | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member of the NSW Legislative Council | Wed 06 August 1856 | Mon 15 February 1858 | 1 year 6 months 10 days | First (Quinquennial) Appointments under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 20 May 1856. |
Biography
Community activity
Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace. Member of the Committee of the Australia Club.
Personal information
Son of John, a surveyor and civil engineer, and Sarah Kennedy. Arrived in New South Wales with his parents on 24 February 1824. Married Caroline Cripps.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Purchased freehold estate near Cassilis in the late 1830's with his brother William (who later became a member of the Legislative Council between 1 July 1867 and 23 June 1887). Became a pastoralist with a sheep run in 1852.
Additional information
Personal papers in the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales:
Busby family - papers, 1826 - 1864 (FM 4/2116); 2. Kelman family - papers of
the Busby and Kelman families, 1822 - 1879 (MLMSS 1183). 3. Dr George Busby -
letters received, 1916 - 1832 (MLMSS 1019).
References:
Australian Dictionary of Biography, volume one, under Busby, John; and volume
three, under Busby William
Pioneer Families of New South Wales, Sydney 1948;
Sands Sydney Directory, 1858-9;
Ford's Sydney and Commercial Directory, Sydney 1851, pxxxII;
Votes and Proceeedings of the Legislative Council of New South Wales, 1852,
volume 2, p180.