| 词条 | George Edmondstone |
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| honorific-prefix = | name = George Edmondstone | honorific-suffix = | image = StateLibQld 1 115220 G. Edmondstone, Mayor of Brisbane, 1863.jpg | constituency_AM1 = East Moreton | assembly1 = Queensland Legislative | term_start1 = 7 May 1860 | term_end1 = 1 July 1867 | predecessor1 = New seat | successor1 = Arthur Francis | alongside1 = Henry Buckley, Thomas Warry, William Brookes, Robert Cribb | constituency_AM2 = Town of Brisbane | assembly2 = Queensland Legislative | term_start2 = 11 February 1869 | term_end2 = 14 November 1873 | predecessor2 = Theophilus Pugh | successor2 = Abolished | alongside2 = Alexander Pritchard, Simon Fraser, Ratcliffe Pring, John Handy, Kevin O'Doherty | constituency_AM3 = Wickham | assembly3 = Queensland Legislative | term_start3 = 18 November 1873 | term_end3 = 28 April 1877 | predecessor3 = New seat | successor3 = Albert John Hockings | office4 = Member of the Queensland Legislative Council | term_start4 = 12 May 1877 | term_end4 = 23 February 1883 | caption = George Edmondstone in 1863. | birth_date = {{Birth date|1809|05|04}} | birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland | death_date = {{Death date and age|1883|02|23|1809|05|04}} | death_place = Brisbane, Queensland | restingplace = Toowong Cemetery | nationality = Scottish | spouse = Alexis Telleray | party = | otherparty = | relations = | children = | residence = | alma_mater = | occupation = Butcher | profession = | religion = Presbyterian | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}George Edmondstone (1809–1883) was politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and an alderman and mayor in the Brisbane Municipal Council.[1][2][3] The surname is spelled 'Edmonstone' in the Brisbane City Council Archives, spelled 'Edmundston' on his father's marriage banns, spelled 'Edmondston' on his baptismal certificate and Edmondstone on his father's Testament. Personal lifeGeorge Edmondstone was born on 4 May 1809 in Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of William Edmondstone, a naval commissary, and Alexandrina (Alixa) Farquharson daughter of a watchmaker.[4][5] George's father died when he was 12 and he migrated to New South Wales in 1832. Later he went to Hobart Town and after some hard times began business in Sydney. He then moved to Maitland and about 1840 he took up Normanby Plains Station (near Warrill View on the Cunningham Highway). He sold out early in 1842 and set up as a butcher in Brisbane, hoping to profit from trade with the newly settled Darling Downs. He had married Alexis Telleray in 1837 in New South Wales[6] (her name appears in the Queensland records as Alexandrina Tillery, the confusion most likely stems from transcriptions of original handwritten records).[7] George was in the first group of free settlers to arrive in Brisbane in 1840.[8] He built a house called "Pahroombin".[9] In his later years, George was described by his peers as a genial, amiable, old gentleman.[10] He died in Brisbane on Friday 23 Feb 1883.[4] His funeral notice appeared in the Brisbane Courier and said:[11] {{quotation|FUNERAL NOTICE. -- The Friends ofMr. GEORGE EDMONDSTONE, deceased, are respectfully invited to attend his FUNERAL; to leave his late residence, Pahroombin, Break- fast Creek, THIS (Saturday) AFTERNOON, at 4 o'clock for the General Cemetery. WALTER BARRETT, Undertaker, 2776 Petrie Bight.}} At that time, the "General Cemetery" of Brisbane was Toowong Cemetery.[12] Business lifeGeorge Edmondstone had a butchery in Queen Street, the main street of Brisbane. Public lifeGeorge was a founding alderman (1859–1866) of the Brisbane Municipal Council and its mayor in 1863. He served on a number of committees including:[1]
George was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (lower house) of Queensland representing the electorate of East Moreton from 7 May 1860 to 1 July 1867. He also represented the electorate of Town of Brisbane from 10 Feb 1869 to 14 Nov 1873 and then the electorate of Wickham from 18 Nov 1873 to 28 April 1877.[13] On 12 May 1877, George was made a life Member of the Legislative Council of Queensland until his death on 23 Feb 1883.[13] He made a substantial contribution to the early development of Brisbane. Amongst the initiatives that he championed were:
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References1. ^1 Brisbane City Council Archives 2. ^{{Cite QldMLA|accessdate=29 January 2015}} 3. ^{{Cite QldElectorate|accessdate=29 January 2015}} 4. ^1 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~denisesfamily/1082.htm 5. ^http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk retrieved 16 May 2008 6. ^Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, New South Wales 7. ^Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Queensland 8. ^"Australian Dictionary of Dates"J.H. Heaton, 1879 9. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22925055 |title=BRISBANE'S HISTORIC HOMES. |newspaper=The Queenslander |location=Brisbane |date=6 February 1930 |accessdate=5 February 2011 |page=50 |via=National Library of Australia}} 10. ^Truth, 15 December 1907 11. ^http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3415342 12. ^[https://online.brisbane.qld.gov.au/cemeteries/cemeteries_step3.jsp?mapdisplay=141258 Edmondstone, George] Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search 13. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/historical/documents/membregisterHB.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=19 April 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615105945/http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/historical/documents/membregisterHB.pdf |archivedate=15 June 2009 }} 14. ^http://www.brisbanehistory.com/breakfast_creek_bridge.htm retrieved 2 January 2010 15. ^Ann Street Presbyterian Church Act 1889 reprinted as in force on 1 March 1996 External links
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