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William Murray Thompson

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William Murray Thompson was a railway contractor and politician in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He was Mayor of Brisbane in 1907.^[1]

William Thompson was born at Tyrrell, in Cumberland, England in 1841.^[1]

He travelled to the gold diggings of New Zealand in the early 1860s and later travelled to Brisbane when gold was discovered in Gympie.^[1]

He was a successful railway contractor.^[2]^[1]

He died on Friday 30 August 1912 at his home.^[1]

References

1. ^¹²³⁴{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21917048|title=DEATH OF ALDERMAN W.M. THOMPSON.|date=31 August 1912|issue=2423|location=Queensland, Australia|page=29|via=National Library of Australia|newspaper=The Queenslander|accessdate=23 March 2017}}
2. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article175277575|title=THE NEW MAYOR.|date=9 February 1907|issue=10,680|location=Queensland, Australia|page=2 (SECOND EDITION)|via=National Library of Australia|newspaper=The Telegraph|accessdate=28 July 2017}}

1 : Mayors and Lord Mayors of Brisbane

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