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Mr John Nagel RYAN (1816 - 1887)

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Date of Birth: 01/01/1816
Place of Birth: Clonoulty, County Tipperary, Ireland
Date of Death: 12/01/1887
Place of Death: Galong, Boorowa-Binalong District, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Council 31 Oct 1883 12 Jan 1887 3 years 2 months 13 days Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 18 September 1883
The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1 18 Oct 1864 18 Oct 1864 1 day
Member for Lachlan 24 Dec 1860 10 Nov 1864 3 years 10 months 18 days
Mount Keira Tramroad Bill Committee No.22 13 Oct 1859 04 Jul 1860 8 months 22 days
Member for Lachlan 16 Jun 1859 10 Nov 1860 1 year 4 months 26 days
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 16 Jun 1859 10 Nov 1864 5 years 4 months 26 days
Political Party Activity
Community Activity
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Pastoralist. Educated in Ireland. Arrived in New South Wales, most likely c.1834/5. Probably worked on father's squatting runs. On father's death in 1871 inherited Galong, 20,000 acres, and Ballyran, 10,000 acres 'of the most fertile soil', both in Boorowa-Binalong district. By 1866 held Gungewalla on own account.
Military Service
Honours Received
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of Edward Ryan, later pastoralist and Ellen Nagel. Unmarried. Roman Catholic.
Additional Information

The Parliament of New South Wales acknowledges and respects the traditional lands of all Aboriginal people, and pays respects to all Elders past and present. We acknowledge the Gadigal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which the Parliament of New South Wales stands.