Date of Birth: 06/09/1823
Place of Birth: Outside Cork, Cork, Ireland
Date of Death: 04/04/1904
Place of Death: Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Muswellbrook Cattle Saleyards Bill Committee No.17 |
05 Feb 1886 |
24 Mar 1886 |
1 month 20 days |
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| Kite’s Leasing Bill Committee No.7 |
04 Dec 1885 |
17 Dec 1885 |
14 days |
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| The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1 |
18 Nov 1885 |
18 Nov 1885 |
1 day |
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| Member for Upper Hunter |
26 Oct 1885 |
26 Jan 1887 |
1 year 3 months 1 day |
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| Rotton’s Estate Bill Committee No.13 |
24 Oct 1882 |
02 Nov 1882 |
10 days |
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| Blandford Proprietary School Bill Committee No.10 |
11 Oct 1882 |
26 Oct 1882 |
16 days |
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| Member for Northumberland |
18 Jan 1882 |
23 Nov 1882 |
10 months 6 days |
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| Cohen’s Enabling Bill Committee No.26 |
04 Apr 1879 |
29 Apr 1879 |
26 days |
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| Redmond’s Estate Bill Committee No.11 |
08 Oct 1878 |
01 Nov 1878 |
25 days |
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| Refreshment Room No.4 |
11 Sep 1878 |
24 Jul 1879 |
10 months 14 days |
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| Metropolitan Cattle Sale Yards Committee No.13 |
12 Feb 1878 |
20 Mar 1878 |
1 month 9 days |
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| Newcastle Glebe Leasing Bill Committee No.7 |
30 Jan 1878 |
07 Feb 1878 |
9 days |
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| Refreshment Room No.6 |
30 Jan 1878 |
21 May 1878 |
3 months 22 days |
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| The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1 |
28 Nov 1877 |
28 Nov 1877 |
1 day |
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| Member for Northumberland |
29 Oct 1877 |
14 Apr 1880 |
2 years 5 months 17 days |
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| Member for Upper Hunter |
21 Jun 1875 |
12 Jul 1875 |
22 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
21 Jun 1875 |
26 Jan 1887 |
11 years 7 months 6 days |
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Qualifications, occupations and interests
Pastoralist. Arrived in New South Wales with parents in May 1828 in the 'Alexander Henry'. His father became a settler on large grants in the Hunter River district. Educated in Maitland. Took up Thungalier run near Walgett with his brothers in 1843; became a manager in 1847. Given land in Hunter District by father in 1852; by 1877 had enlarged it to 20,000 acres, growing oranges and wheat; later enlarged it to 25,000 acres. Became a squatter on Culgoa River in 1857. c.1858 took up Gnomery and Wyambah, 250,000 acres on Warrego River in Queensland. Hurt by 1890's depression and drought. By 1896 the Bank of New South Wales had taken over the properties.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of Emanuel Hungerford, Captain in the South Cork Militia, and Catherine Loan(e). Married Emma Hollingsworth Wood on 19 June 1852 and had issue, 4 daughters and 5 sons. Married (2) Catherine Mary Mallon and had issue, 3 daughters and 3 sons. Church of England.
Additional Information
Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 4. Biography and portrait in
‘Australian Men of Mark’, Volume 1. Sydney, [?1889] , page
104
