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Mr Michael Cullen COTTON

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Member of the NSW Legislative Council 30 Jan 1829 30 Apr 1834 5 years 3 months 1 day An Appointed Member of the first Legislative Council 1824 - 1843. Leave of absence to proceed to England 6 October 1831 and did not return.
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Collector of Customs for 1828 until 1834. In 1833 he exchanged positions with Major John George Nathaniel Gibbes (1787 - 1873), then Collector of Customs at Great Yarmouth in England. (Gibbes later became a Member of the first Council).
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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.