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Mr Thomas LEWIS (1821 - 1897)

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Date of Birth: 01/01/1821
Place of Birth: Menthyr Tydfil, Wales
Date of Death: 16/04/1897
Place of Death: Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Co-operative Coal Mining Company’s Bill Committee No.31 16 Sep 1862 24 Sep 1862 9 days
Gibson’s Estate Bill Committee No.27 02 Sep 1862 04 Sep 1862 3 days
Morehead and Young’s Railway Bill Committee No.28 02 Sep 1862 15 Oct 1862 1 month 14 days
Bulli Coal Mining Company’s Railway Bill Committee No.23 05 Aug 1862 26 Aug 1862 22 days
Bellambi and Bulli Coal Mining Company’s Incorporation Bill Committee No.23 03 Jan 1862 07 Jan 1862 5 days
Seamen Committee No.9 01 Oct 1861 20 Jan 1862 3 months 21 days
Clarence and Richmond Rivers Steam Navigation Company’s Bill Committee No.28 27 Mar 1861 11 May 1861 1 month 15 days
Petition of Mrs Mary Jones Committee No.11 29 Jan 1861 11 May 1861 3 months 13 days
Seamen Committee No.14 29 Jan 1861 11 May 1861 3 months 13 days
Member for Northumberland 08 Dec 1860 11 Dec 1862 2 years 4 days
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 08 Dec 1860 11 Dec 1862 2 years 4 days
Political Party Activity
Community Activity
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Coal Miner. Worked in collieries in Britain. Arrived in New South Wales c.1857. Became a miner in the Newcastle District. After leaving the Legislative Assembly was appointed inspector of collieries and continued in that occupation.
Military Service
Honours Received
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of David Lewis, miner, and Mary Richards. Married Catherine Maria Hewlett on 20 January 1881 at Wollongong and had issue, 1 daughter. Congregationalist.
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.