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Mr James WILLIAMSON (1811 - 1881)

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Date of Birth: 01/01/1811
Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of Death: 08/03/1881
Place of Death: Burwood, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Irish Female Immigrants Committee No.4 15 Dec 1858 09 Apr 1859 3 months 26 days
Irish Female Immigrants (Petition from Celtic Association) Committee No.20 28 May 1858 26 Nov 1858 5 months 30 days
Australian Gas Light Company’s Bill Committee No.18 18 May 1858 26 Nov 1858 6 months 9 days
Pyrmont Bridge Company’s Bill Committee No.19 18 May 1858 26 Nov 1858 6 months 9 days
Registration and Preservation of Records Committee No.13 23 Apr 1858 26 Nov 1858 7 months 4 days
Moreton Bay Judge’s Appointment Bill Committee No.6 31 Mar 1858 26 Nov 1858 7 months 27 days
Governor General’s Opening Speech Committee No.1 24 Mar 1858 24 Mar 1858 1 day
Member for Gloucester and Macquarie 10 Feb 1858 11 Apr 1859 1 year 2 months 2 days
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 10 Feb 1858 11 Apr 1859 1 year 2 months 2 days
Member of the NSW Legislative Council 01 Sep 1848 31 Jan 1849 5 months An Elective Member of the first Legislative Council 1843 - 1856 for the District of Port Phillip
Political Party Activity
Community Activity
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Pastoralist. Arrived in Sydney c.1837. Overlanded stock to Port Phillip; purchased Viewbank, 200 acres in Heidelberg in 1844; sold out and with William Blow took over part of Frenchman's Station at Wardy Yallock in 1847. Pastoral interests on Murray. Dissolved partnership in 1853; sold Port Phillip runs in 1858 and moved to New South Wales. Not listed as a squatter in unsettled districts in New South Wales in 1859 or 1866.
Military Service
Honours Received
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Additional Information
His property 'Viewbank', then a 192 acre property at the junction of the Plenty and Yarra Rivers in what was then the Port Phillip District of New South Wales (now Victoria), which he bought in 1839 and sold in 1844, is now the property of Parks Victoria and has been archaeologically excavated by Heritage Victoria (SEE http://www.heritage.vic.gov.au/page.asp?ID=112&pf=1)

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.