James Atkinson (Australian politician)
James Henry Atkinson (c. 1820 – 31 August 1873) was an English-born Australian politician.
Though his exact date of birth is unknown, it is estimated to have been around 1820 in the city of Wakefield in the county of Yorkshire.[1] He ran a wool washing works at Botany Swamps before erecting a dam at Lachlan Swamps around 1849. He later expanded to become a fellmonger. In 1859 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Central Cumberland, serving until his resignation due to insolvency in 1863.[2] Atkinson died at Newtown in 1873.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mr James Henry ATKINSON (1820 - 1873)". www.parliament.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ "In insolvency". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 65. 21 April 1863. p. 918. Retrieved 16 June 2021 – via Trove.
- ^ "Mr James Henry Atkinson (1820-1873)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
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