Mr George Dunmore LANG (1832 - 1875)

Date of Birth: 30/09/1832
Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 12/01/1875
Place of Death: Gulgong, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position	Start	End	Period	Parliament	Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly	30 Jun 1859	10 Apr 1860	9mth(s) 12day(s)
Member for Tumut	30 Jun 1859	10 Apr 1860	9mth(s) 12day(s)	3rd (1859 - 1860)

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Clerk, Accountant and Journalist. Educated privately and at the University of Glasgow and Edinburgh. Joined Bank of New South Wales as a clerk in 1850. Transferred to Melbourne in 1852; Accountant at the Geelong Branch and from 1852 until 1854 was a manager at the Ballarat Branch in 1854. After 6 months was arrested and sentenced to 5 years hard labour. Released by a Parliamentary Committee enquiry in 1857. Journeyed to Brisbane where he worked as a journalist and correspondent. Agent in Scotland for fathers' Moreton Bay Company in 1861. Clerk in Audit Office in Sydney from 1866 until 1868.

Personal

Son of Reverend J.D Lang, clergyman, and Wilhelmina Mackie. Unmarried. Presbyterian.

Additional Information

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