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Mr Hugh WALLACE (1808 - 1868)

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Date of Birth: 01/01/1808
Place of Birth: Dumfries, Scotland
Date of Death: 07/06/1868
Place of Death: Braidwood, New SouthWales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Council 16 Aug 1866 07 Jun 1868 1 year 9 months 23 days Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 5 June 1866
Political Party Activity
Community Activity
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Pastoralist. Arrived in New South Wales c.1841. In 1854 held Bellowra and Wanley Creek in Maneroo (Monaro) district. Still listed as a squatter in 1859 and described as a squatter at death.
Military Service
Honours Received
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of William Wallace, writer to the signet and Mary Wallace. Married Mary Bowes c.1831 at Dumfries, Scotland. Presbyterian.
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.