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Mr Charles Augustus GOODCHAP (1837 - 1896)

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Date of Birth: 02/04/1837
Place of Birth: Kent, England
Date of Death: 20/10/1896
Place of Death: Potts Point, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Council 30 Aug 1892 20 Oct 1896 4 years 1 month 21 days Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 30 April 1892.
Claims of Rev. Daniel P.M Hulbert Committee No.29 26 Aug 1890 20 Dec 1890 3 months 25 days
Broken Hill and Pinnacles Tramway Bill Committee No.16 03 Jun 1890 20 Dec 1890 6 months 18 days
Member for Redfern 02 Feb 1889 06 Jun 1891 2 years 4 months 5 days
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 02 Feb 1889 06 Jun 1891 2 years 4 months 5 days
Political Party Activity
Community Activity
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Retired Civil Servant. Educated at Huntingdon Grammar School. Arrived in Sydney in 1853. Clerk in Colonial Secretary's Office; Transferred to Lands and Works Department. 1856; Joined Railway Branch, Department of Public Works 1859; Chief Clerk for railways 1870; Secretary for Railways 1875; Commissioner for Railways 1878. Resigned 1888. Visited England in 1889; Founder and Honorary Secretary Civil Service Co-op Society 1871; Appointed to Civil Service Board 1885. Member of Union Club. Honorary Treasurer of Australian Jockey Club. Estate valued at £739.
Military Service
Honours Received
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of William Goodchap, architect. Church of England.
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.