Date of Birth: 27/05/1809
Place of Birth: London, England
Date of Death: 31/05/1886
Place of Death: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Member of the NSW Legislative Council |
22 Aug 1882 |
31 May 1886 |
3 years 9 months 10 days |
Life Appointment under the Constitution Act: Date of Writ of Summons 29 December 1881. |
| Singleton Gas Bill Committee No.21 |
29 Sep 1881 |
28 Nov 1881 |
2 months |
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| Royal Society of New South Wales Incorporation Bill Committee No.19 |
16 Sep 1881 |
27 Sep 1881 |
12 days |
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| United Church of England and Ireland School at Paddington Sale Bill Committee No.13 |
26 Aug 1881 |
01 Sep 1881 |
7 days |
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| Tamworth Gas and Coke Company’s Bill Committee No.12 |
10 Aug 1881 |
09 Dec 1881 |
4 months |
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| Osborne’s Leasing Bill Committee No.10 |
15 Jul 1881 |
05 Aug 1881 |
22 days |
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| The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1 |
05 Jul 1881 |
05 Jul 1881 |
1 day |
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| Bates’s Estate Bill Committee No.19 |
23 Mar 1881 |
29 Mar 1881 |
7 days |
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| Osborne’s Leasing Bill Committee No.18 |
22 Mar 1881 |
06 Apr 1881 |
16 days |
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| Chapman’s Estate Leasing Bill Committee No.16 |
18 Mar 1881 |
23 Mar 1881 |
6 days |
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| Sydney Hospital Bill Committee No.15 |
11 Mar 1881 |
16 Mar 1881 |
6 days |
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| Hall’s Estate Bill Committee No.13 |
11 Feb 1881 |
06 Apr 1881 |
1 month 27 days |
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| Church of England Trust Property Incorporation Bill Committee No.11 |
28 Jan 1881 |
22 Feb 1881 |
26 days |
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| Wagga Wagga Gas Bill Committee No.10 |
27 Jan 1881 |
11 Feb 1881 |
16 days |
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| Kurrajong Land and Riley Street Surry Hills Land Sales Bill Committee No.6 |
13 Jan 1881 |
21 Jan 1881 |
9 days |
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| Member for Wentworth |
24 Nov 1880 |
29 Dec 1881 |
1 year 1 month 6 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
24 Nov 1880 |
29 Dec 1881 |
1 year 1 month 6 days |
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Qualifications, occupations and interests
Pastoralist. Moved to New South Wales at the age of 26 and became a partner in a cattle station in the Monaro district. Drove a second draft of cattle overland to Melbourne in 1836. Managed a sheep run for William Lithgow in 1837. In 1839, established a station near Benalla at Port Phillip. Between 1843 and 1855, managed William Bradley's stations on Monaro for breeding and fattening sheep. Purchased the Wanganella run, in 1855 comprising 230 square miles, north of Deniliquin in 1853 and sold in 1861. Moved to Melbourne and later to England in 1862.
On returning from England, purchased 450 square miles of land on the Lachlan and Murrumbidgee Rivers in 1866. Became a pastoralist and President of the Pastoral Association of the Riverina. Revisited England and Europe in 1874. Returned to Australia and settled in Sydney and in 1879 sold all properties. Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society and Royal College Institute in 1874. Author of 'Recollections of an Australian Squatter' in 1883 and wrote on immigration, exploration and the wool trade.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Alderman of Woollahra Council and Mayor in 1878.
Personal
Eldest son of William, an Attorney, and Prudence Jane, nee Keene. Father was transported to Australia, in 1817, for administering unlawful oaths and later sent to Hobart as Clerk to the bench of Magistrates with the family arriving in Hobart in 1818. The family settled on a farm near New Norfolk. Brodribb (Jr) moved to New South Wales in 1835. Married (1) Eliza Matilda Kennedy in 1844 and had issue, 6 daughters and 4 sons. Married (2) Mrs Catherine McPherson, nee Hume, a widow in 1875. Died in Sydney and his body was transported to Melbourne for burial. Buried in St Andrew's Church, Brighton, Victoria.
Additional Information
Australian Dictionary of Biography, volume three;
Members of the Legislative Assembly 1856 -1901;
Serle and Thomson?
