Mr John Norton OXLEY (1824 - 1891)**
- Date of Birth: 23/03/1824
- Place of Birth: Kirkham, near Camden, New South Wales, Australia
- Date of Death: 24/03/1891
- Place of Death: Auburn, New South Wales, Australia
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Parliamentary Service
| Position | Start | End | Period | Notes |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly | 31 Mar 1856 | 19 Dec 1857 | 1yr(s) 8mth(s) 19day(s)
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| Member for Western Division of Camden | 31 Mar 1856 | 19 Dec 1857 | 1yr(s) 8mth(s) 19day(s)
1st (1856 - 1857) |  |
| Appointed by Speaker's Warrant | 28 May 1856 | 18 Mar 1857 | 9mths 19days
1st (1856 - 1857) | |
| City Commissioners’ Department Committee No.7 | 12 Aug 1856 | 18 Mar 1857 | 7mths 7days
1st (1856 - 1857) | |
| Sole Commissioner of Railways Incorporation Bill Committee No.22 | 19 Nov 1856 | 18 Mar 1857 | 3mths 28days
1st (1856 - 1857) | |
| Governor General’s Opening Speech | 11 Aug 1857 | 11 Aug 1857 | 1day
1st (1856 - 1857) | |
| Elections and Qualifications Committee | 19 Aug 1857 | 18 Dec 1857 | 3mths 30days
1st (1856 - 1857) | By Speaker's Warrant |
| Late Shipwrecks, Port Jackson Committee No.11 | 30 Oct 1857 | 18 Dec 1857 | 1mth 19days
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Community Activity
Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in 1851.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Landed proprieter and farmer. Educated principally at The Kings School in Parramatta and under Reverend Mr Forrest at Campbelltown. Travelled in England and on the Continent. from 1842 until 1845. Lived at Kirkham Estate in Camden. Grew lucerne and changed to cereal crops. By 1865 was engaged in mixed farming. With brother received a land grant of 5,000 acres.
Personal
Son of John Joseph William Henry Molesworth Oxley , surveyor general, landed proprieter and entrpreneur, and Emma Norton. Married (1) Ann Lydia Platt on 26 May 1851 at Morpeth and had issue, 1 child. Married (2) Harriet Jane Hassall on 15 February 1854 at Narellan and had issue, 5 daughters and 3 sons. Church of England.
Additional Information
Personal papers in the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales: John Oxley - papers, 1810 - 1871 (A5322); photographs in the PICMAN Database.
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