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Mr William Henry Traill

Mr William Henry TRAILL (1843 - 1902)

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Date of Birth: 07/05/1843
Place of Birth: London, England
Date of Death: 21/05/1902
Place of Death: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Homestead Protection Bill Committee No.12 03 Apr 1894 18 Apr 1894 16 days
Library Committee No.4 23 Jan 1894 11 Jun 1894 4 months 20 days
Library Committee No.4 27 Sep 1893 08 Dec 1893 2 months 12 days
Library Committee No.6 05 Oct 1892 18 Oct 1892 14 days
Australasian Mining Exchange of Sydney Bill Committee No.35 15 Feb 1892 23 Feb 1892 9 days
Library Committee No.3 28 Jul 1891 01 Apr 1892 8 months 5 days
Member for South Sydney 17 Jun 1891 25 Jun 1894 3 years 9 days
Library Committee No.3 26 May 1891 02 Jun 1891 8 days
Library Committee No.4 30 Apr 1890 20 Dec 1890 7 months 21 days
The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1 28 Feb 1889 28 Feb 1889 1 day
Member for South Sydney 02 Feb 1889 06 Jun 1891 2 years 4 months 5 days
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 02 Feb 1889 25 Jun 1894 5 years 4 months 24 days
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Community Activity
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Journalist. Educated for Indian Army in Edinburgh and London. Arrived in Queensland by 1861. Became a station hand near Dalby. Revisted Britain c.1863; returned to Queensland to manage Maroon station near Beaudesert; moved to Ipswich. Moved to Victoria and became a drafstman in the Department of Mines from 1866 until 1867. Returned to Queensland. Became a clerk in the Department of Public Lands from 1869 until 1873, wrote a newspaper column and became a newspaper proprieter. Reuter's Agent by 1880. After a political defeat in 1894 failed in farming and mining ventures. Became bankrupt in April 1896, discharged in August. Returned to Queensland working as a journalist.
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Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of John Heddle, customs and Orkney Islander, and Elizabeth Dunbar Heddle. Married (1) Jessie Lewis on 23 April 1866 at Brisbane, Queensland and had issue, 1 daughter. Married (2) Agnes Lewis (half sister of first wife) on 11 March 1871 at Brisbane and had issue, 2 daughter and 4 sons.
Additional Information
Personal papers in the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales: William Henry Traill - papers, 1875-ca. 1890 (B1459).

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