Parliamentary activity
Information about members' parliamentary service including their positions held and biography.
Positions
| Position | Start | End | Period | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney Water Reserves Committee No.31 | Fri 02 December 1864 | Thu 21 April 1864 | ||
| Queensland Steam Navigation Company’s Incorporation Bill Committee No.37 | Wed 30 March 1864 | Thu 31 March 1864 | 2 days | |
| Claim of Robert to Land in Illawarra Committee No.34 | Tue 16 February 1864 | Fri 11 March 1864 | 25 days | |
| Exchange of Land, Scots Church, Jamison street, Legalizing Bill Committee No.16 | Fri 04 September 1863 | Fri 01 April 1864 | 6 months 29 days | |
| Mr John Busby Committee No.18 | Fri 04 September 1863 | Wed 24 February 1864 | 5 months 21 days | Chairman |
| Waratah Coal Company’s Incorporation Bill No.10 | Tue 14 July 1863 | Fri 17 July 1863 | 4 days | |
| Penal, Reformatory, and Charitable Establishments Committee No.8 | Wed 08 July 1863 | Fri 22 April 1864 | 9 months 15 days | |
| Harbour Defences Committee No.6 | Wed 01 July 1863 | Tue 20 October 1863 | 3 months 20 days | |
| Waratah Coal Company’s Incorporation Bill No.45 | Tue 02 December 1862 | Tue 11 December 1962 | 100 years 10 days | |
| Waratah Coal Company’s Incorporation Bill No.45 | Tue 02 December 1862 | Thu 11 December 1862 | 10 days | |
| Pacific Fire and Marine Insurance Company’s Incorporation Bill Committee No.39 | Tue 21 October 1862 | Fri 24 October 1862 | 4 days | |
| Fisheries Protection Bill Committee No.38 | Fri 17 October 1862 | Sat 20 December 1862 | 2 months 4 days | Chairman |
| Alfred Witts Committee No.30 | Tue 16 September 1862 | Fri 21 November 1862 | 2 months 6 days | |
| Botany Railway Company’s Bill Committee No.29 | Tue 16 September 1862 | Thu 25 September 1862 | 10 days | |
| Exchange of Land, Scots Church, Jamison-street, legalizing Bill Committee No.24 | Tue 12 August 1862 | Fri 14 November 1862 | 3 months 3 days | |
| Mr Charles Phillips Lawrence Committee No.19 | Tue 05 August 1862 | Wed 29 October 1862 | 2 months 25 days | |
| James Ralfe Committee No.22 | Tue 05 August 1862 | Fri 29 August 1862 | 25 days | |
| Pilot Board Committee No.9 | Tue 17 June 1862 | Tue 07 October 1862 | 3 months 21 days | |
| Presbyterian Church Temporalities Act of 1837 Committee No.17 | Fri 01 November 1861 | Mon 20 January 1862 | 2 months 20 days | |
| Seamen Committee No.9 | Tue 01 October 1861 | Mon 20 January 1862 | 3 months 20 days | |
| Benevolent Asylum, Sydney Committee No.8 | Fri 27 September 1861 | Mon 20 January 1862 | 3 months 25 days | |
| Reverend W.B Clarke Committee No.6 | Fri 20 September 1861 | Mon 20 January 1862 | 4 months 1 day | |
| The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1 | Mon 02 September 1861 | Mon 02 September 1861 | 1 day | Chairman |
| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly | Fri 19 July 1861 | Thu 10 November 1864 | 3 years 3 months 23 days | |
| Member for Lower Hunter | Fri 19 July 1861 | Thu 10 November 1864 | 3 years 3 months 23 days |
Biography
Community activity
Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace
Local Government activity
Alderman of the Liverpool Council from 1872; first Mayor of Liverpool 1872.
Personal information
Son of James Sadlier a landowner and manufacturer near Bandon. Married Ann Cartwright in December 1829. Church of England.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Retired schoolmaster. Educated privately and at Bandon Classical School. Aspired to church, but in 1808 joined the Navy. Served on European, African, American stations. Lieutenant in 1819. returned to Ireland in 1821. Arrived in New South Wales in 1825; Investigated the condition of Aborigines and their relations with settlers, beginning a life long interest in the subject. Granted 2,560 acres in Hunter River districts in 1826. Appointed Church of England. Master of Male Orphan School in Liverpool from 1829 until 1851. Ardent evangelical, arguing against Tractarianism in 1840s and Anglo Catholicism in 1880s; opposed clerical autocracy. Member of denominational school boards. Active in church administration and charities.
Additional information
Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2 Sadleir Papers, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales The Liverpool City Council has a chronology of Sadleir's life on its website.