Date of Birth: 01/01/1835
Place of Birth: Durham, England
Date of Death: 22/04/1898
Place of Death: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
31 Oct 1877 |
23 Nov 1882 |
5 years 24 days |
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| Member for Shoalhaven |
31 Oct 1877 |
09 Nov 1880 |
3 years 10 days |
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| Member for Shoalhaven |
23 Nov 1880 |
23 Nov 1882 |
2 years 1 day |
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| The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1 |
28 Nov 1877 |
28 Nov 1877 |
1 day |
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| The Bible Society’s Bill Committee No.8 |
31 Jan 1878 |
07 Feb 1878 |
8 days |
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| Sunday Sale of Liquors Prevention Bill Committee No.21 |
22 Mar 1878 |
16 May 1878 |
1 month 25 days |
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| Refreshment Room No.6 |
30 Jan 1878 |
21 May 1878 |
3 months 22 days |
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| The Glebe Borough Bill Committee No.5 |
13 Sep 1878 |
27 Sep 1878 |
15 days |
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| Sydney Infirmary and Dispensary Bill Committee No.12 |
18 Oct 1878 |
29 Oct 1878 |
12 days |
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| Primitive Methodist Church Temporalities Bill Committee No.17 |
01 Nov 1878 |
14 Nov 1878 |
14 days |
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| Dubbo Mechanics Institute Transfer Bill Committee No.23 |
11 Feb 1879 |
24 Jul 1879 |
5 months 14 days |
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| Refreshment Room No.4 |
11 Sep 1878 |
24 Jul 1879 |
10 months 14 days |
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| Refreshment Room No.4 |
29 Oct 1879 |
13 Jul 1880 |
8 months 15 days |
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| Sydney Hospital Bill Committee No.15 |
11 Mar 1881 |
16 Mar 1881 |
6 days |
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| Chapman’s Estate Leasing Bill Committee No.16 |
18 Mar 1881 |
23 Mar 1881 |
6 days |
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| United Church of England and Ireland School at Paddington Sale Bill Committee No.13 |
26 Aug 1881 |
01 Sep 1881 |
7 days |
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| Denton’s Estate Leasing and Mortgaging Bill Committee No.20 |
23 Sep 1881 |
06 Oct 1881 |
14 days |
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Qualifications, occupations and interests
Monumental Mason. Arrived in Australia with family in 1841. Became a monumental mason, sometimes describing himself as a sculptor. Became bankrupt in 1885 and discharged in 1897. Active in charities. Director of Benevolent Asylum from 1876 until 1898. Treasurer in 1898. Represented New South Wales at an Australasian Conference on Charity in Melbourne in 1890. Active in Protestant Political Association from 1868 until 1872. Orangeman. Deputy Grand Master in 1870. Member of Public School League in 1874. Strong temperence advocate.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Alderman of the Sydney City Council for Cook Ward, 1 December 1870 - 1 December 1872
Personal
Son of Thomas Roseby, monumental mason and itinerant preacher and Anne Lowes. Married Ann Hooworth in 1860 at Glebe and had issue, 8 sons and 4 daughters. Methodist.
Additional Information
Australian Dictionary of Biography (ADB), Volume 6.
