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Mr Alexander PARK (1808 - 1873)

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Date of Birth: 01/01/1808
Place of Birth: Selkirk, Scotland
Date of Death: 21/07/1873
Place of Death: Lewinsbrook, near Paterson, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Council 13 Oct 1868 21 Jul 1873 4 years 9 months 9 days Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 28 September 1868
Member of the NSW Legislative Council 05 May 1858 10 May 1861 3 years 6 days First (Quinquennial) Appointments under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 1 May 1858.
Member of the NSW Legislative Council 01 Feb 1853 29 Feb 1856 3 years 1 month An Elective Member of the first Legislative Council 1843 - 1856 for the County of Duhram
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Qualifications, occupations and interests
Landed proprieter. Arrived in New South Wales in 1826 receiving a grant in the Paterson district. Cultivated 100 acres in 1855 and had extensive vineyards; probably also pastoralist. Member of an Association to import coolie labour in 1842.
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Personal
Son of Alexander Park, attorney, and Alice Veitch. Unmarried. Church of England.
Additional Information

The Parliament of New South Wales acknowledges and respects the traditional lands of all Aboriginal people, and pays respects to all Elders past and present. We acknowledge the Gadigal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which the Parliament of New South Wales stands.