Date of Birth: 01/02/1807
Place of Birth: St Neot, Cornwall, England
Date of Death: 13/03/1878
Place of Death: Lavender Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Tom Dight Mackenzie Committee No.38 |
01 Apr 1864 |
21 Apr 1864 |
21 days |
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| Bathurst Market Bill Committee No.36 |
30 Mar 1864 |
31 Mar 1864 |
2 days |
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| Claim of Robert to Land in Illawarra Committee No.34 |
16 Feb 1864 |
11 Mar 1864 |
25 days |
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| Mr John Busby Committee No.18 |
04 Sep 1863 |
24 Feb 1864 |
5 months 21 days |
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| Petition of Thomas Duke Allen Committee No.11 |
21 Jul 1863 |
08 Dec 1863 |
4 months 18 days |
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| Petition of Thomas Duke Allen Committee No.43 |
19 Nov 1862 |
19 Dec 1862 |
1 month 1 day |
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| Fisheries Protection Bill Committee No.38 |
17 Oct 1862 |
20 Dec 1862 |
2 months 4 days |
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| Taylor and Walker’s Railway Bill Committee No.37 |
16 Oct 1862 |
21 Oct 1862 |
6 days |
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| Mr William Sims Bell Committee No.34 |
30 Sep 1862 |
02 Dec 1862 |
2 months 3 days |
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| Alfred Witts Committee No.30 |
16 Sep 1862 |
21 Nov 1862 |
2 months 6 days |
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| Bulli Coal Mining Company’s Railway Bill Committee No.23 |
05 Aug 1862 |
26 Aug 1862 |
22 days |
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| James Ralfe Committee No.22 |
05 Aug 1862 |
29 Aug 1862 |
25 days |
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| Resignation of Mr Quodling, late Inspector of Roads in the Northern Districts Committee No.19 |
26 Nov 1861 |
15 Jan 1862 |
1 month 21 days |
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| Richmond Bridge Company’s Act Amendment Bill Committee No.11 |
01 Oct 1861 |
20 Jan 1862 |
3 months 21 days |
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| Member for Upper Hunter |
15 Apr 1861 |
10 Nov 1864 |
3 years 6 months 27 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
15 Apr 1861 |
10 Nov 1864 |
3 years 6 months 27 days |
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Qualifications, occupations and interests
Storekeeper and postmaster. Worked in Sydney, then moved to West Maitland and began business in 1834. Became the first postmaster in Scone, 1836 - 1840, and also establised the first Inn and store in Scone and carried mail and stores beyond the Liverpool Range before 1840. Opened a store at Muswellbrook. In 1860 he returned to Sydney, and was listed as a squatter 1864.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of William and Judith Hooper. Married three times. Arrived in New South Wales in 1825. Was stepfather to Thomas Gordon Gibbons Dangar and the uncle of Henry Carey Dangar (qq.v.). Church of England.
Additional Information
References
Martin, A.W. and Wardle, P., Member of the Legislative Assembly of New South
Wales 1856-1901, Canberra 1959;
Australian Dictionary of Biography, 1, pages 280-81;
Australian Dictionary of Biography, 4, pages 13-14;
Bailliere, F., The NEw South Wales Gazetteer, Sydney 1866.
