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Mr Sydney BURDEKIN (1839 - 1899)

Date of Birth: 18/02/1839 Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Date of Death: 17/12/1899 Place of Death: Rooty Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position Start End Period Parliament Notes Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 2 Dec 1880 25 Jun 1894 13yr(s) 6mth(s) 24day(s) Member for Tamworth 2 Dec 1880 23 Nov 1882 1yr(s) 11mth(s) 22day(s) 10th (1880 - 1882) Member for East Sydney 29 Feb 1884 7 Oct 1885 1yr(s) 7mth(s) 9day(s) 11th (1882 - 1885) Member for East Sydney 16 Oct 1885 26 Jan 1887 1yr 3mths 11days 12th (1885 - 1887) Member for East Sydney 5 Feb 1887 19 Jan 1889 1yr(s) 11mth(s) 15day(s) 13th (1887 - 1889) Member for East Sydney 2 Feb 1889 6 Jun 1891 2yr(s) 4mth(s) 5day(s) 14th (1889 - 1891) Member for Hawkesbury 30 Jul 1892 25 Jun 1894 1yr(s) 10mth(s) 27day(s) 15th (1891 - 1894) Mount Kembla Coal and Oil Company’s Railway Bill Committee No.9 25 Jan 1881 28 Jan 1881 4days 10th (1880 - 1882) Hall’s Estate Bill Committee No.13 11 Feb 1881 6 Apr 1881 1mth 27days 10th (1880 - 1882) Sydney Hospital Bill Committee No.15 11 Mar 1881 16 Mar 1881 6days 10th (1880 - 1882) Chapman’s Estate Leasing Bill Committee No.16 18 Mar 1881 23 Mar 1881 6days 10th (1880 - 1882) Bates’s Estate Bill Committee No.19 23 Mar 1881 29 Mar 1881 7days 10th (1880 - 1882) Vale of Clwydd and Lithgow Valley Company’s Incorporation Bill Committee No.21 4 Apr 1881 6 Apr 1881 3days 10th (1880 - 1882) The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1 5 Jul 1881 5 Jul 1881 1day 10th (1880 - 1882) Tamworth Gas and Coke Company’s Bill Committee No.12 10 Aug 1881 9 Dec 1881 3mths 30days 10th (1880 - 1882) Chairman Burtoft’s Estate Bill Committee No.27 30 Nov 1881 14 Dec 1881 15days 10th (1880 - 1882) City Bank Bill Committee No.50 23 May 1884 4 Jun 1884 13days 11th (1882 - 1885) Stirling’s Trusts Bill Committee No.51 5 Jun 1884 25 Jun 1884 21days 11th (1882 - 1885) Serisier’s Estate Bill Committee No.61 5 Sep 1884 18 Sep 1884 14days 11th (1882 - 1885) Chairman Bryan’s Estate Leasing Bill Committee No.63 18 Sep 1884 24 Sep 1884 7days 11th (1882 - 1885) Wallsend and Plattsburg Gas Company’s Bill Committee No.64 22 Oct 1884 29 Oct 1884 8days 11th (1882 - 1885) Refreshment Room Committee No.7 24 Sep 1885 2 Oct 1885 9days 12th (1885 - 1887) Kite’s Leasing Bill Committee No.11 25 Sep 1885 2 Oct 1885 8days 12th (1885 - 1887) Glen Innes Markets Leasing Bill Committee No.9 25 Sep 1885 2 Oct 1885 8days 12th (1885 - 1887) Randwick Cemetery Unused Land Sale Bill Committee No.8 25 Sep 1885 2 Oct 1885 8days 12th (1885 - 1887) Refreshment Committee No.5 3 Dec 1885 25 Oct 1886 10mths 23days 12th (1885 - 1887) Chairman Kite’s Leasing Bill Committee No.7 4 Dec 1885 17 Dec 1885 14days 12th (1885 - 1887) Cornwell’s Estate Bill Committee No.10 11 Dec 1885 27 Jan 1886 1mth 17days 12th (1885 - 1887) Railway Free Passes – Special Trains Committee No.22 25 Mar 1886 25 Oct 1886 7mths 1day 12th (1885 - 1887) Moorebank Estate Bill Committee No.28 30 Mar 1886 6 May 1886 1mth 7days 12th (1885 - 1887) Mrs Payten’s Estate Leasing Bill Committee No.43 8 Jun 1886 24 Jun 1886 17days 12th (1885 - 1887) Inverell Church of England Lands Sale Bill Committee No.46 11 Jun 1886 6 Jul 1886 26days 12th (1885 - 1887) Privilege-Mr Barbour, MP Committee No.53 22 Jun 1886 22 Jul 1886 1mth 1day 12th (1885 - 1887) Pharmaceutical Society of New South Wales Incorporation Bill Committee No.55 15 Jul 1886 11 Aug 1886 28days 12th (1885 - 1887) Silverton Tramway Bill Committee No.60 10 Aug 1886 26 Aug 1886 17days 12th (1885 - 1887) Penrith Water and Gas Supply Committee No.61 13 Aug 1886 18 Aug 1886 6days 12th (1885 - 1887) The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1 9 Mar 1887 9 Mar 1887 1day 13th (1887 - 1889) Elections and Qualifications Committee No.2 11 Mar 1887 29 Mar 1887 19days 13th (1887 - 1889) Chairman Refreshment Committee No.5 15 Mar 1887 13 Jul 1887 3mths 29days 13th (1887 - 1889) Crisp’s Enabling Bill Committee No.13 31 Mar 1887 15 Apr 1887 16days 13th (1887 - 1889) City of Goulburn Gas and Coke Company’s Amendment Bill Committee No.19 10 May 1887 18 May 1887 9days 13th (1887 - 1889) Albury Cattle Sale Yards Bill Committee No.20 10 May 1887 30 Jun 1887 1mth 21days 13th (1887 - 1889) Refreshment Committee No.4 21 Sep 1887 24 Jul 1888 10mths 4days 13th (1887 - 1889) Purchase by the Government of land adjoining the Australasian Steam Navigation Company’s Wharf Committee No.10 28 Sep 1887 29 Feb 1888 5mths 2days 13th (1887 - 1889) Crown Lands Purchases Validation Bill Committee No.9 28 Sep 1887 23 May 1888 7mths 26days 13th (1887 - 1889) Silverton Tramway Act Amending Bill Committee No.45 29 Feb 1888 22 Mar 1888 23days 13th (1887 - 1889) The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1 23 Oct 1888 23 Oct 1888 1day 13th (1887 - 1889) Refreshment Committee No.4 24 Oct 1888 27 Jan 1889 3mths 4days 13th (1887 - 1889) Conditional Purchase of James Connelly, Tamworth Committee No.11 29 Nov 1888 16 Jan 1889 1mth 19days 13th (1887 - 1889) Refreshment Committee No.6 3 Apr 1889 10 Oct 1889 6mths 8days 14th (1889 - 1891) Refreshment Committee No.6 3 Apr 1889 10 Oct 1889 6mths 8days 14th (1889 - 1891) Chairman Refreshment Committee No.5 27 Nov 1889 21 Dec 1889 25days 14th (1889 - 1891) Chairman Refreshment Committee No.5 30 Apr 1890 20 Dec 1890 7mths 21days 14th (1889 - 1891) Chairman Selection made by James Connelly at Tamworth Committee No.16 13 Dec 1892 13 Jun 1893 6mths 1day 15th (1891 - 1894)

Community Activity

Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in 1885. Director of Sydney Hospital from 1878 to 1899. Member of the Aborigines Protection Board from 1887 to 1899.

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Pastoralist. Educated in W.T Cape's school in Darlinghurst, Sydney. Obtained a Bachelor of Arts in 1859 from University of Sydney. Articled to a solicitor for some years but appears not to have been admitted to practice. Property owner and businessman when he entered Parliament. Held and managed pastoral runs in Northern New South Wales and Queensland which were sold in 1875. Returned to Sydney where he attended to his family's real estate empire and was director of several companies.

Local Government Activity

Alderman of the Sydney City Council for Macquarie Ward, 1 December 1883 - 20 November 1898. Mayor 1890 - 1891.

Personal

Son of Thomas Burdekin, merchant, and his wife Mary Ann Bossley. Father died in 1844 leaving a large fortune. Married Catherine Byrne, daughter of Keyran Byrne, a farmer of Attunga, on 24 January 1872 and had issue, 8 children. Church of England. His brother, Marshall Burdekin, was also a Member of the Legislative Assembly.

Additional Information

References: Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 3 Personal papers in the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales: Burdekin family - papers, 1784 - 1956 (MLMSS 147). Biography and portrait in ‘Australian Men of Mark’, Volume 1. Sydney, [?1889] , page 331

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