George Edmonstone
| George Edmondstone | |
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George Edmondstone in 1863.
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| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for East Moreton |
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In office 7 May 1860 – 1 July 1867 Serving with Henry Buckley, Thomas Warry, William Brookes, Robert Cribb |
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| Preceded by | New seat |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Francis |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Town of Brisbane |
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In office 11 February 1869 – 14 November 1873 Serving with Alexander Pritchard, Simon Fraser, Ratcliffe Pring, John Handy, Kevin O'Doherty |
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| Preceded by | Theophilus Pugh |
| Succeeded by | Abolished |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Wickham |
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In office 18 November 1873 – 28 April 1877 |
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| Preceded by | New seat |
| Succeeded by | Albert John Hockings |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Council | |
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In office 12 May 1877 – 23 February 1883 |
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May 4, 1809 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | February 23, 1883 (aged 73) Brisbane, Queensland |
| Resting place | Toowong Cemetery |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Spouse(s) | Alexis Telleray |
| Occupation | Butcher |
George Edmondstone (1809–1883) was politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and an alderman and mayor in the Brisbane Municipal Council.
The surname is spelled 'Edmonstone' in the Brisbane City Council Archives, spelled 'Edmundston' on his father's marriage banns, spelled 'Edmondston' on his baptismal certificate and Edmondstone on his father's Testament).
George Edmondstone was born on 4 May 1809 in Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of William Edmondstone, a naval commissary, and Alexandrina (Alixa) Farquharson daughter of a watchmaker. George's father died when he was 12 and he migrated to New South Wales in 1832. Later he went to Hobart Town and after some hard times began business in Sydney. He then moved to Maitland and about 1840 he took up Normanby Plains Station (near Warrill View on the Cunningham Highway). He sold out early in 1842 and set up as a butcher in Brisbane, hoping to profit from trade with the newly settled Darling Downs. He had married Alexis Telleray in 1837 in New South Wales (her name appears in the Queensland records as Alexandrina Tillery, the confusion most likely stems from transcriptions of original handwritten records).
George was in the first group of free settlers to arrive in Brisbane in 1840.
He built a house called "Pahroombin".
In his later years, George was described by his peers as a genial, amiable, old gentleman. He died in Brisbane on Friday 23 Feb 1883. His funeral notice appeared in the Brisbane Courier and said:
FUNERAL NOTICE. -- The Friends of
Mr. GEORGE EDMONDSTONE, deceased,
are respectfully invited to attend his FUNERAL;
to leave his late residence, Pahroombin, Break-
fast Creek, THIS (Saturday) AFTERNOON, at
4 o'clock for the General Cemetery.
WALTER BARRETT,
Undertaker,
2776 Petrie Bight.
At that time, the "General Cemetery" of Brisbane was Toowong Cemetery.
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