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James Cowie (Australian settler)

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{{For|other people named James Cowie|James Cowie (disambiguation){{!}}James Cowie}}{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}}{{Use Australian English|date=June 2015}}James Cowie (9 January 1809 – 14 November 1892) was an early 19th-century settler of Victoria, Australia who became a member of both the Victorian Legislative Assembly and Victorian Legislative Council and also served as Mayor of Geelong.^[1]

Life and work

Cowie was born in Falkirk, Scotland, the son of a brewer. After an apprenticeship as a saddler and harness maker in London, Cowie emigrated to Australia in 1840 and after a spell in Van Diemen's Land, he settled in Geelong, which was then known as Corio. He established a number of successful commercial ventures including shops and a mining and shipping agency and he made his fortune during the Victorian gold rush. When the Geelong municipality was formed in 1849 he was among those who provided financial securities for the new body to carry out works and topped the poll in the first elections for the council. In November 1852 Cowie was elected mayor of Geelong. He served as mayor for a year before being elected to represent Geelong in the Legislative Council of Victoria^[1] following the separation of Victoria from New South Wales in 1851. After two years he resigned to undertake a short visit to Britain. He returned to Australia aboard the Schomburg which was wrecked off Port Campbell. Cowie was rescued and returned to Geelong. From October 1956 Cowie served on the new Legislative Council representing South Western Province^[1] until September 1858 before being elected to the Legislative Assembly for Geelong East.^[2]^[1]

Cowie is included in the photographic montage published by Thomas Foster Chuck in 1872 entitled "The Explorers and Early Colonists of Victoria". The Cowie ward on the present day Geelong Council is named to commemorate him.^[3]

References

1. ^¹²{{cite re-member |mid=308 |name=Cowie, James}}
2. ^¹{{cite web |author=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|url=http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/cowie-james-255|title=Cowie, James (1809-1892) |year=|accessdate=12 May 2014|work=Obituries Australia}}
3. ^{{cite web |author=City of Greater Geelong |url=http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/council/ward/item/Cowie.aspx |title=Cowie Ward |year= |accessdate=17 May 2014|work=Geelong Council}}
4. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91931400 |title=The Election. Declaration of the Poll |newspaper=Geelong Advertiser and Intelligencer |date=26 June 1854 |page=4}}

{{s-start}}{{s-par | au-vic-lc}}{{s-new | seat}}{{s-ttl
| title = Member for Geelong
| years = 1853–1854
| alongside= Alexander Thomson
James Strachan}}{{s-aft | after = Alexander Fyfe ^[4]}}{{s-new |district}}{{s-ttl
| title = Member for South Western Province
| years = 1856–1858
| alongside= James Henty
William Roope
Robert Hope
James Strachan}}{{s-aft | after = George Selth Coppin}}{{s-par | au-vic-la}}{{s-new |district}}{{s-ttl
| title = Member for Geelong East
| years = 1859–1860
| alongside= Alexander Thomson}}{{s-aft | after = Augustus Greeves}}{{end}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Cowie, James}}

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