| 词条 | Adam Black (Australian politician) |
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|name = Adam Black |honorific-prefix = |honorific-suffix = |image = | caption = |party = | assembly1 = Queensland Legislative | constituency_AM1 = Logan | predecessor1 = Philip Henry Nind | successor1 = Frederick Shaw |birth_date = 1841 |birth_place = North Berwick, Scotland | death_date = 26 December 1902 (aged 60-61) | death_place = Gympie, Queensland, Australia |nationality = Scottish Australian |otherparty = |spouse = Jane Margaret Drummond Barlow (m.1869 d.1901) | relations = | alma_mater = | occupation = Gold miner, Quartz miner | term_start1 = 16 April 1875 | term_end1 = 4 October 1875 |restingplace = Gympie Cemetery |birthname = Adam Black | known_for = }}Adam Black (1841 - 26 December 1902) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1] Early life and business careerBlack was born in Mordington, Berwickshire, Scotland to parents George Black and his wife Marjory née Hogg.[1][2] George and Marjory Black had six children: John, Agnes, Janet, Adam, George and David.[2] In 1851 the Black family were living at Prenderguest, Ayton in Berwickshire.[2] Black arrived in Gympie, Queensland in 1868 from New Zealand where he gained farming and mining experience.[1] Mining careerBlack was one of the four pioneers of quartz mining in Gympie. They were not only successful in discovering quartz but in getting the gold to the surface in the New Zealand Reef in Gympie.[3] Black and Gilbert Muir, later of the Nooya Plantation in Beenleigh, Queensland, owned significant gold interests in the New Zealand Reef. Muir had previously worked the New Zealand gold fields.[3] Political careerIn the 1870s Black acquired a property in Logan, Queensland and settled there.[4] He represented Logan in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 16 April 1875 to 4 October 1875.[1] He is said to have not liked parliamentary life so did not seek re-election after the parliament was dissolved.[1] He returned to Gympie to pursue mining operations again but did not meet with the same success as his previous efforts.[4] Black was the president of the South Queensland Agricultural and Pastoral Association from 1875 to 1877.[1] Personal lifeOn 16 March 1869 in Gympie, Black married Jane Margaret Drummond Barlow.[5] Together they had 7 sons and 2 daughters:[1] George Barlow (1870-1925), Jenny Louise (1872-1911), Allen Adam Robert (1874-1922), Alexander Drummond (1875-1876), Alexander (1877-1880), Margery (1879-1948), Archibald (1881-1933), Charles Ostwald (1883-1951) and Norman (1888-1955).[6] Black died in Gympie on Friday 26 December 1902 from cancer.[1][4] He was buried in the Gympie Cemetery on the afternoon of 27 December, the Reverend J. S. M'Intyre minister of the Presbyterian Church, conducted the services at the grave side.[4] Logan residenceArchitect Charles Smith designed Black's 'Italianate' style home on the Albert in the Logan region in Queensland.[3] Smith had previously worked the New Zealand gold fields.[3] Jane Margaret Drummon BarlowJane was born Margaret Drummond in Perthshire, Scotland, in 1850. Her mother died in Melbourne's Tent Town soon after arriving in Melbourne, Australia in 1853, and her father six months later.[7] In 1855 at the age of five Jane was adopted by entertainer William Robert Barlow and his wife Jane. She was renamed Jane Margaret Drummond Barlow.[8] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{cite web|title=Adam Black|url=https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=1918984483|website=Former Members Register|publisher=Queensland Parliament|accessdate=24 June 2015}} {{s-start}}{{s-par|au-qld }}{{s-bef2. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=1851 Scotland Census|url=http://ancestry.com.au|website=Ancestry.com|accessdate=24 June 2015}} 3. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|title=Logan Village|url=http://www.logan.qld.gov.au/about-logan/suburbs/logan-village|website=Logan City Council|accessdate=24 June 2015}} 4. ^1 2 3 {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article171016045 |title=Notes and News. |newspaper=Gympie Times and Mary River Mining Gazette (Qld. : 1868 - 1919) |location=Qld. |date=30 December 1902 |accessdate=24 June 2015 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950|url=http://www.ancestry.com|accessdate=24 June 2015}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages|url=http://www.qld.gov.au/law/births-deaths-marriages-and-divorces/family-history-research/|website=Queensland Government. Registry|accessdate=24 June 2015}} 7. ^{{cite web|last1=Hildbrand|first1=Joy|title=Overview of Barlow's life|url=http://barlowtheinimitablebluetailedfly.weebly.com/life-overview.html|website=Barlow the inimitable blue-tail'd fly|accessdate=24 June 2015}} 8. ^{{cite web|last1=Hildebrand|first1=Joy|title=Timeline for Barlow|url=http://barlowtheinimitablebluetailedfly.weebly.com/timeline.html|website=Barlow the inimitable blue-tail'd fly|accessdate=24 June 2015}} |before= Philip Henry Nind }}{{s-ttl |title= Member for Logan | years = 1875 }}{{s-aft | after = Frederick Shaw }}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Black, Adam}} 5 : Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly|1841 births|1902 deaths|People from Queensland|19th-century Australian politicians |
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