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Mr Richard HILL (1810 - 1895)

Date of Birth: 22/09/1810 Place of Birth: Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia Date of Death: 19/08/1895 Place of Death: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position Start End Period Parliament Notes Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 16 Sep 1868 12 Oct 1877 9yr(s) 27day(s) Member of the NSW Legislative Council 15 Dec 1880 19 Aug 1895 14yr(s) 8mth(s) 5day(s) Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 10 December 1880. Member for Canterbury 16 Sep 1868 15 Nov 1869 1yr(s) 2mth(s) 5th (1865 - 1869) Member for Canterbury 23 Dec 1869 3 Feb 1872 2yr(s) 1mth(s) 12day(s) 6th (1870 - 1872) Member for Canterbury 20 Feb 1872 28 Nov 1874 2yr(s) 9mth(s) 9day(s) 7th (1872 - 1874) Member for Canterbury 28 Dec 1874 12 Oct 1877 2yr(s) 9mth(s) 15day(s) 8th (1875 - 1877) Loder’s Estate Bill Committee No.8 14 Nov 1862 12 Dec 1872 10yrs 29days 7th (1872 - 1874) Sydney Boundaries Amendment Bill Committee No:15 12 Feb 1869 16 Mar 1869 1mth 5days 5th (1865 - 1869) Water Frontage at Blue’s Point North Shore Committee No.18 2 Mar 1869 22 Mar 1869 21days 5th (1865 - 1869) Unitarian Church Land Bill Committee No.11 24 Feb 1870 4 Mar 1870 9days 6th (1870 - 1872) The Bank of New South Wales Bill of 1870 Committee No.15 2 Mar 1870 15 Mar 1870 14days 6th (1870 - 1872) Mr Richard Henry Wright Committee No.25 27 Apr 1870 7 May 1870 11days 6th (1870 - 1872) The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1 11 Aug 1870 11 Aug 1870 1day 6th (1870 - 1872) Marine Board Bill Committee No.8 8 Sep 1870 17 Mar 1871 6mths 10days 6th (1870 - 1872) Ham Common Resumption Bill Committee No.11 14 Oct 1870 2 Nov 1870 20days 6th (1870 - 1872) Claims of Mr Spencer, of Gundagai Committee No.13 9 Dec 1870 22 Jun 1871 6mths 14days 6th (1870 - 1872) Coal Staithes at Newcastle Committee No.14 25 Jan 1871 13 Jun 1871 4mths 20days 6th (1870 - 1872) Borough of Newcastle Special Audit Bill Committee No.16 1 Feb 1871 9 Mar 1871 1mth 9days 6th (1870 - 1872) Circular Quay Committee No.10 23 Jan 1872 1 Feb 1872 10days 6th (1870 - 1872) Elections and Qualifications Committee No.2 2 May 1872 10 Jul 1872 2mths 9days 6th (1870 - 1872) Parramatta Gas Company’s Incorporation Bill Committee No.6 14 Jun 1872 20 Jun 1872 7days 6th (1870 - 1872) The Petersham Church Grant Bill Committee No.8 20 Jun 1872 25 Jul 1872 1mth 6days 6th (1870 - 1872) The Australian Mutual Fire Insurance Society’s Incorporation Bill Committee No.10 25 Jun 1872 27 Jun 1872 3days 6th (1870 - 1872) Loder’s Estate Bill Committee No.9 25 Jun 1872 11 Jul 1872 17days 6th (1870 - 1872) Elections and Qualifications Committee No.2 5 Nov 1872 25 Apr 1873 5mths 21days 7th (1872 - 1874) Petersham Church Grant Bill Committee No.9 14 Nov 1872 15 Jan 1873 2mths 2days 7th (1872 - 1874) Walker and Carlow Streets Enclosure Bill Committee No.15 13 Dec 1872 20 Mar 1873 3mths 8days 7th (1872 - 1874) Prince Alfred Hospital Bill Committee No.18 19 Dec 1872 31 Jan 1873 1mth 13days 7th (1872 - 1874) Petition of George Bell Committee No.19 20 Dec 1872 25 Apr 1873 4mths 6days 7th (1872 - 1874) Underwood’s Estate Bill Committee No.21 4 Feb 1873 25 Mar 1873 1mth 22days 7th (1872 - 1874) Bowenfels Coal Mining and Cooper Smelting Company’s Railway Bill Committee No.23 7 Feb 1873 11 Feb 1873 5days 7th (1872 - 1874) Elections and Qualifications Committee No.6 11 Sep 1873 24 Jun 1874 9mths 14days 7th (1872 - 1874) Lithgow Valley Colliery Railway Bill Committee No.12 14 Oct 1873 15 Oct 1873 2days 7th (1872 - 1874) Australian Mutual Provident Societies Bill Committee No.13 30 Oct 1873 12 Nov 1873 14days 7th (1872 - 1874) Lee’s Partition and Sale Bill Committee No:16 18 Nov 1873 25 Nov 1873 8days 7th (1872 - 1874) Bishopthorpe Estate Bill Committee No.20 2 Dec 1873 17 Dec 1873 16days 7th (1872 - 1874) Elections and Qualifications Committee No.7 4 Nov 1874 26 Nov 1874 23days 7th (1872 - 1874) Ultimo Presbyterian Church Trustees Bill Committee No.8 13 Nov 1874 26 Nov 1874 14days 7th (1872 - 1874) The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1 28 Jan 1875 28 Jan 1875 1day 8th (1875 - 1877) Elections and Qualifications Committee No.2 28 Jan 1875 31 Mar 1875 2mths 4days 5th (1865 - 1869) Waratah Coal Company’s Bill Committee No.6 2 Apr 1875 13 Apr 1875 12days 8th (1875 - 1877) Ultimo Presbyterian Church Trustees Bill Committee No.8 2 Apr 1875 3 Jun 1875 2mths 2days 8th (1875 - 1877) Elections and Qualifications Committee No.6 16 Nov 1875 27 Apr 1876 5mths 12days 8th (1875 - 1877) North Shore Gas Bill Committee No.5 19 Nov 1875 8 Dec 1875 20days 8th (1875 - 1877) The Case of Amelia Gould Committee No.10 14 Dec 1875 29 Feb 1876 2mths 16days 8th (1875 - 1877) Endowment to Municipal Council of Paddington Committee No.11 11 Jan 1876 29 Mar 1876 2mths 19days 8th (1875 - 1877) Bathurst Presbyterian Church Trustees Enabling Bill Committee No.12 20 Jan 1876 2 Mar 1876 1mth 12days 8th (1875 - 1877) Road through Messrs Badgery’s Land Committee No.13 8 Feb 1876 29 Jun 1876 4mths 22days 8th (1875 - 1877) Murrumbidgee Turf Club Bill Committee No.20 22 Mar 1876 19 Apr 1876 29days 8th (1875 - 1877) Hanson’s Trust Bill Committee No.22 12 Apr 1876 19 Apr 1876 8days 8th (1875 - 1877) Lunatic Asylum, Parramatta Committee No.25 1 Aug 1876 22 Aug 1876 22days 8th (1875 - 1877) Refreshment Room No.4 14 Dec 1876 11 Oct 1877 9mths 28days 8th (1875 - 1877) Lunatic Asylum, Parramatta Committee No.5 19 Dec 1876 9 May 1877 4mths 21days 8th (1875 - 1877) Condition of the Aborigines Committee No.7 19 Dec 1876 11 Oct 1877 9mths 23days 8th (1875 - 1877) Orange Gas-Light Bill Committee No.11 21 Dec 1876 11 Jan 1877 22days 8th (1875 - 1877) Macquarie Coal Company’s Railway Bill Committee No.12 30 Jan 1877 13 Feb 1877 15days 8th (1875 - 1877) Orange Cattle Sale Yards Bill Committee No.14 2 Feb 1877 1 Mar 1877 28days 8th (1875 - 1877) Newcastle Glebe Leasing Bill Committee No.18 15 May 1877 28 Sep 1877 4mths 14days 8th (1875 - 1877)

Community Activity

Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in 1855.

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Carpenter and butcher. Educated at Wood's school and by W.T Cape. Apprenticed as a carpenter. In late 1820's managed the Vaucluse estate of W.C Wentworth and was later agent for his city property. Took over the Carpenter's Arms Inn from his brother and later became a butcher with his own slaughterhouse. Owned an orchard on Lane Cove River c.1839 - 1860; exported oranges to Victorian goldfields. In 1948 took up Mungyer 76,000 acres on Liverpool Plains. Journeyed to New Zealand in the early 1860's. Took up a large run near Invercargill. Director of United Insurance Company from 1866. On the committees of several agricultural and horticultural societies. On council of Agricultural Society of New South Wales. Commissioner for Fisheries in 1882. Close friend and correspondent of Henry Parkes. On council of Aborigines Protection Society 1881. Founding member of Aborigines Protection Board in 1883.

Personal

Son of William Hill and Mary Johnson, emancipists. Married Henrietta Cox on 27 January 1983 in Sydney and had issue, 1 daughter and 10 sons. Church of England.

Additional Information

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