Mr George HILL (1802 - 1883)

Date of Birth: 25/03/1802
Place of Birth: Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 19/07/1883
Place of Death: Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position	Start	End	Period	Parliament	Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Council	1 Jul 1848	31 May 1849	11mth(s)		An Elective Member of the first Legislative Council 1843 - 1856 for the Counties of St Vincent and Auckland
Member of the NSW Legislative Council	22 May 1856	10 May 1861	4yr(s) 11mth(s) 19day(s)		First (Quinquennial) Appointments under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 20 May 1856.

Community Activity

Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in 1844.

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Butcher. Had limited education. Father became superintendent of the government slaughter house and in 1828 was a butcher in Pitt Street. Accumulated real estate and in 1838 - 1850 held Yanko, 56,000 acres on Murrumbidgee River. Trustee of New South Wales Savings Bank 1850 - 1883; Visited Californian goldfields in 1849.

Personal

Son of William Hill and Mary Johnston. Married (1) Mary Ann Hunter. Married (2) Jane Binnie and had issue 5 daughters and 5 sons. Church of England.

Additional Information

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