词条 | Thomas Young (Australian politician) |
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Thomas Young (16 October 1813 – 10 December 1904) was a politician in the early days of the colony of South Australia. His eldest son, also named Thomas Young, was for many years mayor of Port Augusta. HistoryThomas Young sen. was born at King's Somborne, Hampshire near Southampton and educated at Winchester, then was apprenticed to an uncle at Andover.[1] He emigrated to South Australia in the ship Singapore, arriving on 11 November 1839. He and partner Henry Douglas (3 October 1817 – 5 July 1903) took up land at Happy Valley, site of the present reservoir, where they grew wheat, which proved profitable. Later he opened a general store at O'Halloran Hill, and is also recorded as having a store at Clarendon.[2] He was Chairman of the first District Council of Clarendon, holding that office for three years. He was elected to the House of Assembly, representing the seat of Noarlunga from 9 March 1857 to 22 March 1860. From 1867 he served as Clerk of the Courts at Blinman, for nine years then with the Main Roads Board for the Northern District in Port Augusta from 1877 to 1884, when the board was abolished. He spent some time in Adelaide, then returned to Port Augusta where he joined his son's firm of Young & Gordon, and also acted as auditor for various Port Augusta institutions.[3] FamilyThomas Young was twice married. By his first wife he had four children, two surviving; by his second marriage to Emily Mary Baker (c. 1834 – 30 May 1914) he had three daughters and one son:
References1. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article54847406 |title=Concerning People |newspaper=South Australian Register |location=Adelaide |date=22 November 1899 |accessdate=10 May 2015 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Young, Thomas}}2. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162412794 |title=Concerning People |newspaper=Adelaide Observer |location=SA |date=28 October 1899 |accessdate=10 May 2015 |page=22 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 3. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56576839 |title=Concerning People |newspaper=The Register |location=Adelaide |date=13 December 1904 |accessdate=10 May 2015 |page=4 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 4. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162389786 |title=The Mayor of Port Augusta |newspaper=Adelaide Observer |location=SA |date=5 March 1898 |accessdate=10 May 2015 |page=16 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 5. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article54444924 |title=North-Western Mineral Fields |newspaper=South Australian Register |location=Adelaide |date=14 June 1900 |accessdate=10 May 2015 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 6. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56575811 |title=Concerning People |newspaper=The Register |location=Adelaide |date=12 December 1904 |accessdate=10 May 2015 |page=4 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 7. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74144053 |title=Obituary |newspaper=The Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=16 November 1935 |accessdate=10 May 2015 |page=21 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 6 : Members of the South Australian House of Assembly|Mayors of places in South Australia|1813 births|1904 deaths|People from Clarendon, South Australia|19th-century Australian politicians |
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