Mr William Henry TRAILL (1843 - 1902)**

Parliamentary Service

Position Start End Period Notes Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 2 Feb 1889 25 Jun 1894 5yr(s) 4mth(s) 24day(s) Member for South Sydney 2 Feb 1889 6 Jun 1891 2yr(s) 4mth(s) 5day(s) 14th Member for South Sydney 17 Jun 1891 25 Jun 1894 3yr(s) 9day(s) 15th The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1 28 Feb 1889 28 Feb 1889 1day 13th (1887 - 1889) Library Committee No.4 30 Apr 1890 20 Dec 1890 7mths 21days 14th (1889 - 1891) Library Committee No.3 26 May 1891 2 Jun 1891 8days 15th (1891 - 1894) Library Committee No.3 28 Jul 1891 1 Apr 1892 8mths 5days 15th (1891 - 1894) Australasian Mining Exchange of Sydney Bill Committee No.35 15 Feb 1892 23 Feb 1892 9days 15th (1891 - 1894) Library Committee No.6 5 Oct 1892 18 Oct 1892 14days 15th (1891 - 1894) Library Committee No.4 27 Sep 1893 8 Dec 1893 2mths 12days 15th (1891 - 1894) Library Committee No.4 23 Jan 1894 11 Jun 1894 4mths 20days 16th (1894 - 1895) Homestead Protection Bill Committee No.12 3 Apr 1894 18 Apr 1894 16days 16th (1894 - 1895)

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Journalist. Educated for Indian Army in Edinburgh and London. Arrived in Queensland by 1861. Became a station hand near Dalby. Revisted Britain c.1863; returned to Queensland to manage Maroon station near Beaudesert; moved to Ipswich. Moved to Victoria and became a drafstman in the Department of Mines from 1866 until 1867. Returned to Queensland. Became a clerk in the Department of Public Lands from 1869 until 1873, wrote a newspaper column and became a newspaper proprieter. Reuter's Agent by 1880. After a political defeat in 1894 failed in farming and mining ventures. Became bankrupt in April 1896, discharged in August. Returned to Queensland working as a journalist.

Personal

Son of John Heddle, customs and Orkney Islander, and Elizabeth Dunbar Heddle. Married (1) Jessie Lewis on 23 April 1866 at Brisbane, Queensland and had issue, 1 daughter. Married (2) Agnes Lewis (half sister of first wife) on 11 March 1871 at Brisbane and had issue, 2 daughter and 4 sons.

Additional Information

Personal papers in the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales: William Henry Traill - papers, 1875-ca. 1890 (B1459).

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