John Murray

John Murray
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1837–1917 · 80 years old

Born 15 August 1837 in Mauchline, Ayrshire, ScotlandDied 18 November 1917 in Longreach, Queensland, Australia

Arrived on the Victorian goldfields about 1852. From 1862 he and his brothers Thomas and Campbell shipped live cattle from Twofold Bay and Newcastle to New Zealand until that trade was banned in 1864. He reached Rockhampton about December 1864 and in 1869-71 selected almost 2000 acres of the Rockhampton agricultural reserve as his property Fitzroy Park, growing sugar-cane there from 1872 and helping found the Pandora Sugar Co. Ltd in 1880. After leaving parliament he returned to pastoralism, eventually holding eight pastoral leases, and in 1911 purchased Beaconsfield East and West stations at Ilfracombe.

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Parents

PM Peter Murray 1799–1892 father JW Jane Witherspoon 1801–1844 mother

Spouses

? Unknown spouse m. 1 September 1873 ? Unknown spouse m. 5 January 1882

Children

GM Gavin Hamilton Murray 1883–1926 CM Colin Fitzroy Murray 1886–1951 NM Norman Robert Murray 1888–1957 MM Margaret Janet Campbell Murray 1892–1953

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1830s
Born 15 August 1837

Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Baptised 27 August 1837

Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland
1840s
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Death of mother Jane Witherspoon January 1844

Walesaged 43
1850s
14
Marriage of sister Mary Hamilton Murray 4 June 1852

Ayrshire, Scotland
1870s
34
Marriage of sister Marion King Murray 4 June 1872

Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
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Married spouse not recorded 1 September 1873

Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

Lans Book
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Marriage of brother Thomas Hamilton Murray 11 April 1877

Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
1880s
44
Married spouse not recorded 5 January 1882

Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

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Birth of son Gavin Hamilton Murray 3 August 1883

Queensland, Australia
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Marriage of brother Cambell Murray 1884

Queensland, Australia
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Birth of son Colin Fitzroy Murray 19 March 1886

Queensland, Australia
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Marriage of brother Francis Hamilton Murray 1886

St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
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Birth of son Norman Robert Murray 5 February 1888

Queensland, Australia
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Member for Normanby, Queensland Legislative Assembly 19 May 1888 – 1 March 1901

Queensland, Australia

Member for the seat of Normanby in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, elected in May 1888 as a supporter of Thomas McIlwraith's National Party and sitting until March 1901. The register records the service in two parts, unaligned from 19 May 1888 and ministerialist from 18 April 1893.

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Marriage of brother Peter Murray 24 May 1888

Townsville, Queensland, Australia
1890s
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Death of brother Francis Hamilton Murray 30 June 1890

Queensland, Australiaaged 58
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Birth of daughter Margaret Janet Campbell Murray 25 February 1892

Queensland, Australia
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Death of father Peter Murray 1 December 1892

Rockhampton, Queensland, Australiaaged 93
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Secretary for Railways and Public Works 27 April 1898 – 1 February 1901

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Secretary for Railways and Public Works in the Queensland ministry, under the premierships of T. J. Byrnes and Sir James Dickson. The register records the service as two commissions, from 27 April 1898 and from 7 December 1899.

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1900s
63
Postmaster-General of Queensland 1 February 1901 – 1 March 1901

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Held the office of Postmaster-General for one month in early 1901, at the point of his move from the Legislative Assembly to the Legislative Council.

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Secretary for Public Instruction 1 February 1901 – 12 August 1902

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Secretary for Public Instruction from February 1901 to August 1902, while also serving as the representative of the government in the Legislative Council.

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Member of the Queensland Legislative Council 12 March 1901 – 13 November 1903

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council on 12 March 1901. He resigned on 16 November 1903 to contest the Senate election, in which he was defeated.

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Minister without Office 12 August 1902 – 17 September 1903

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Minister without portfolio in the Philp ministry from August 1902 until his retirement in September 1903.

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Death of brother Peter Murray 10 September 1902

Mt Lookout Station, Queensland, Australiaaged 74
1910s
76
Marriage of son Colin Fitzroy Murray 16 February 1914

Queensland, Australia
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Death of sister Mary Hamilton Murray 5 June 1914

Melbourne, Victoria, Australiaaged 80
Undated
Chairman, Gogango Divisional Board

Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

A foundation member of the Gogango Divisional Board, in the Rockhampton district, and its chairman for three terms. No dates of service are recorded.

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Occupation (Pastoralist)

Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

Arrived on the Victorian goldfields about 1852. From 1862 he and his brothers Thomas and Campbell shipped live cattle from Twofold Bay and Newcastle to New Zealand until that trade was banned in 1864. He reached Rockhampton about December 1864 and in 1869-71 selected almost 2000 acres of the Rockhampton agricultural reserve as his property Fitzroy Park, growing sugar-cane there from 1872 and helping found the Pandora Sugar Co. Ltd in 1880. After leaving parliament he returned to pastoralism, eventually holding eight pastoral leases, and in 1911 purchased Beaconsfield East and West stations at Ilfracombe.

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1910s
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Died 18 November 1917

Longreach, Queensland, Australia
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Buried 1917

Longreach, Queensland, Australia

Buried at Longreach after taking ill on a visit to his Beaconsfield station. His remains were later reinterred in Toowong cemetery, Brisbane, with Presbyterian forms.

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