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Mr Ninian (junior) MELVILLE (1843 - 1897)**

  • Date of Birth: 29/12/1843
  • Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • Date of Death: 26/06/1897
  • Place of Death: Summer Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

PositionStartEndPeriodNotes
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly30 Apr 188025 Jun 189414yr(s) 1mth(s) 27day(s)
Member for Northumberland30 Apr 18809 Nov 18806mth(s) 11day(s)
9th (1877 - 1880)
Member for Northumberland26 Nov 188023 Nov 18821yr(s) 11mth(s) 29day(s)
10th (1880 - 1882)
Member for Northumberland9 Dec 18827 Oct 18852yr(s) 9mth(s) 29day(s)
11th (1882 - 1885)
Member for Northumberland16 Oct 188526 Jan 18871yr(s) 3mth(s) 11day(s)
12th (1885 - 1887)
Member for Northumberland17 Feb 188726 Jan 1887
13th (1887 - 1889)
Member for Northumberland4 Feb 188919 Jan 1889
14th (1889 - 1891)
Member for Northumberland24 Jun 189125 Jun 18943yr(s) 2day(s)
15th (1891 - 1894)
Chairman of Committees2 Apr 18892 Apr 18891day(s)
Chairman of Committees27 Nov 188927 Nov 18891day(s)
Chairman of Committees30 Apr 189030 Apr 18901day(s)
Chairman of Committees26 May 189126 May 18911day(s)
Chairman of Committees28 Jul 189128 Jul 18911day(s)
Chairman of Committees6 Sep 18926 Sep 18921day(s)
Chairman of Committees27 Sep 189327 Sep 18931day(s)
Chairman of Committees25 Jan 189425 Jun 18945mth(s) 1day(s)
Borough of Newcastle Leasing and Improving Bill Committee No.2321 Oct 188128 Oct 18818days
10th (1880 - 1882)
Mrs Clyne’s Conditional Purchase Committee No.612 Sep 18822 Nov 18821mth 22days
10th (1880 - 1882)
Kiama Tramway Bill Committee No.523 Jan 188323 Feb 18831mth 1day
11th (1882 - 1885)
Redhead Coal-mine Railway Bill Committee No.157 Mar 188316 Mar 188310days
11th (1882 - 1885)
Mr Lamont Young and Party Committee No.206 Apr 18832 May 188327days
11th (1882 - 1885)
Mr Lamont Young and Party Committee No.612 Oct 188325 Jun 18848mths 14days
11th (1882 - 1885)
Dubbo Cattle Sale-yards Bill Committee No.814 Oct 188318 Oct 18835days
11th (1882 - 1885)
Windsor Gaslight Company’s Bill Committee No.1225 Oct 188312 Feb 18843mths 19days
11th (1882 - 1885)
Oddfellows Hall, Elizabeth street Committee No.1822 Nov 18839 Oct 188410mths 18days
11th (1882 - 1885)
Armidale Gas Company’s Incorporation Bill Committee No.2924 Jan 188419 Feb 188427days
11th (1882 - 1885)
The case of Mr J.H Handsaker Committee No.414 Mar 188417 Apr 18841mth 14days
11th (1882 - 1885)		Chairman
Claim of Matthew McIvor to a Tin Mine at Pheasant’s Creek Committee No.4225 Mar 18849 Oct 18846mths 15days
11th (1882 - 1885)
Medical Bill Committee No.5213 Jun 18841 Nov 18844mths 20days
11th (1882 - 1885)
Point Piper Road Committee No.5713 Aug 18841 Nov 18842mths 20days
11th (1882 - 1885)
Newcastle Streets Bill Committee No.6217 Sep 18847 Oct 188421days
11th (1882 - 1885)
Wallsend and Plattsburg Gas Company’s Bill Committee No.6422 Oct 188429 Oct 18848days
11th (1882 - 1885)
Conditional Purchase of Evan McIntosh Committee No.2129 Sep 18852 Oct 18854days
12th (1885 - 1887)
Evan McIntosh’s Conditional Purchase at Currabubula Committee No.84 Dec 188525 Oct 188610mths 22days
12th (1885 - 1887)
Cornwell’s Estate Bill Committee No.1011 Dec 188526 Oct 188610mths 16days
12th (1885 - 1887)
Balmain Tramway Bill Committee No.1428 Jan 18869 Feb 188613days
12th (1885 - 1887)
Bell’s Estate Bill Committee No.2330 Mar 188626 May 18861mth 27days
12th (1885 - 1887)
Parramatta Public Baths Bill Committee No.3714 May 188610 Jun 188628days
12th (1885 - 1887)
Claim of Matthew McIvor to a Tinmine at Pheasants Creek Committee No.5823 Jul 188627 Aug 18861mth 5days
12th (1885 - 1887)
Electric Light in Parliamentary Buildings Committee No.6327 Aug 188625 Oct 18861mth 29days
12th (1885 - 1887)
Tramway from Kogarah to Sans Souci Committee No.922 Mar 188713 Jul 18873mths 22days
13th (1887 - 1889)
Claim of E.Blakeney v.Pegus Committee No.2217 May 18877 Jun 188722days
13th (1887 - 1889)		Chairman
West Wallsend and Monk Wearmouth Act Amendment Bill Committee No.279 Jun 188716 Jun 18878days
13th (1887 - 1889)
Claim of Mrs Butterley Committee No.521 Sep 188712 Nov 18871mth 23days
13th (1887 - 1889)
Purchase by the Government of land adjoining the Australasian Steam Navigation Company’s Wharf Committee No.1028 Sep 188729 Feb 18885mths 2days
13th (1887 - 1889)		Chairman
Church and Perkin Streets, Newcastle Bill Committee No.1711 Oct 188724 Jul 18889mths 14days
13th (1887 - 1889)
Practice of Medicine and Surgery Committee No.1511 Oct 188724 Jul 18889mths 14days
13th (1887 - 1889)
Broken Hill Tramway Bill Committee No.2817 Nov 188728 Feb 18883mths 12days
12th (1885 - 1887)
Christian Chapel Lands Sale Bill Committee No.3025 Nov 188714 Dec 188720days
12th (1885 - 1887)
Redhead Coal-mine Railway Act Amending Bill Committee No.3620 Dec 188715 Feb 18881mth 27days
13th (1887 - 1889)
The Chinese Committee No.3720 Dec 188724 Jul 18887mths 5days
13th (1887 - 1889)
Hunter street, Newcastle, Extension Bill Committee No.4629 Feb 18883 May 18882mths 5days
13th (1887 - 1889)
Parramatta, Church street, Amended Alignment Bill Committee No.481 Mar 188822 Mar 188822days
13th (1887 - 1889)
Parramatta Municipal Quarries Bill Committee No.471 Mar 188822 Mar 188822days
13th (1887 - 1889)
Trades Conciliation Bill Committee No.5317 Apr 18882 Oct 18902yrs 5mths 16days
13th (1887 - 1889)
Sydney and Suburban Hydraulic Power Company’s Bill Committee No.572 May 18886 Jun 18881mth 5days
13th (1887 - 1889)
Work of Unemployed on Roads at Hornsby and Holt Sutherland Estate Committee No.715 Nov 188816 Jan 18892mths 2days
13th (1887 - 1889)
Bulli Colliery Disaster Fund Bill Committee No.820 Nov 188817 Jan 18891mth 29days
13th (1887 - 1889)		Chairman
Silkstone Coal-mine Railway Bill Committee No.1419 Dec 188815 Jan 188928days
13th (1887 - 1889)
Toronto Tramway Bill Committee No.74 Apr 188911 Apr 18898days
14th (1889 - 1891)
Sydney and Suburban Electric Lighting Bill Committee No.1431 May 188910 Oct 18894mths 10days
14th (1889 - 1891)
Warwick Farm Railway Bill Committee No.1711 Jun 188925 Jun 188915days
14th (1889 - 1891)
Stockton Gas and Electricity Bill Committee No.2410 Jul 188919 Jul 188910days
14th (1889 - 1891)
Standing Orders Committee No.327 Nov 188921 Dec 188925days
14th (1889 - 1891)
Standing Orders Committee No.330 Apr 18903 Dec 18907mths 4days
14th (1889 - 1891)
Land corner Pitt and Bridge Streets Committee No.2124 Jun 189020 Dec 18905mths 27days
14th (1889 - 1891)
Cook’s River Road Tramways Bill Committee No.2621 Aug 189020 Dec 18903mths 30days
14th (1889 - 1891)
Broken Hill Water Works Bill Committee No.3316 Sep 189020 Dec 18903mths 5days
14th (1889 - 1891)
Early Closing Bill Committee No.4214 Nov 189020 Dec 18901mth 7days
14th (1889 - 1891)
Standing Orders Committee No.226 May 18912 Jun 18918days
15th (1891 - 1894)
Standing Orders Committee No.228 Jul 18911 Apr 18928mths 5days
15th (1891 - 1894)
Borough of Newcastle Electric Lighting Bill Committee No.1220 Aug 18913 Sep 189115days
15th (1891 - 1894)
Yongaleatha Marble, Flag and Flux Company Bill Committee No.171 Sep 18913 Sep 18913days
15th (1891 - 1894)
Simpson’s Railway Bill Committee No.198 Sep 189124 Nov 18912mths 17days
15th (1891 - 1894)
Standing Orders Committee No.55 Oct 189218 Oct 189214days
15th (1891 - 1894)
Scottish Australian Mining Company (Limited) Railway Bill Committee No.811 Oct 189223 Nov 18921mth 13days
15th (1891 - 1894)
Standing Orders Committee No.327 Sep 18938 Dec 18932mths 12days
15th (1891 - 1894)
Standing Orders Committee No.323 Jan 189411 Jun 18944mths 20days
16th (1894 - 1895)
Children’s Protection Act Amendment Bill Committee No.920 Feb 18945 Jun 18943mths 17days
16th (1894 - 1895)
Working of Collieries Committee No.1113 Mar 189419 Apr 18941mth 7days
16th (1894 - 1895)

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Cabinet maker and undertaker. Educated in Sydney. Apprenticed to John Hill & Sons, cabinet makers. Journeyed to Melbourne in 1867 and became an undertaker at Brunswick and a cabinet maker at Richmond. Returned to Sydney c.1874. Bankrupt in 1894 and discharged in 1895. Chairman of Working Men's Defence Association in New South Wales 1870s. Freemason. Worshipful Master of Southern Cross Lodge. Orangeman. Member of Temperance Orders; associated with Good Templars. Rechabites and Women's Christian Temperance Union.


Local Government Activity

Alderman at Newtown from 1879. Mayor 1882. Alderman at Ashfield and Summer Hill from 1895 until 1897. Mayor 1896.


Personal

Son of Ninian Melville, ex convict and cabinetmaker, and Catherine Hayes. Married (1) Martha Heaton in 1862. Married (2) Mary Brooks on 29 December 1868 at Hawthorn, Melbourne. Primitive Methodist.


Additional Information

Personal papers in the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales: Ninian Melville - papers, 1880 - 1968 (MLMSS 1582)



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