Augustus Morris

Augustus Morris (c. 1820 – 29 August 1895) was a pastoralist and politician in New South Wales, Australia.

He was born in Van Diemen's Land around 1820 to ex-convict and farmer Augustus Morris and Constantia Hibbins. He was educated at Hobart and helped explore Port Phillip. He married Sarah Merciana Charlotte Bailey, with whom he had four sons. He later farmed sheep in New South Wales, and from 1851 to 1856 served in the New South Wales Legislative Council as the member for Pastoral Districts of Liverpool Plains & Gwydir. In 1859 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Balranald, serving until his defeat in 1864.[1] He was bankrupted in 1866 and discharged the following year, becoming an agent for a number of United States-based companies.[2]

Morris died at Manly on 29 August 1895 (aged ~ 75).[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Mr Augustus Morris (1820-1895)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  2. ^ Digby, Everard, ed. (1889). Australian men of mark (PDF). Vol. 2. Sydney: Charles F Maxwell. pp. 305–310. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  3. ^ Barnard, Alan. "Morris, Augustus (1820–1895)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 20 October 2022.

 

Parliament of New South Wales New South Wales Legislative Council New district Member for Pastoral Districts ofLiverpool Plains & Gwydir 1851–1856 Council replaced New South Wales Legislative Assembly New seat Member for Balranald 1859–1864 Succeeded byJoseph Phelps
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