Herbert Hyland
|
The Honourable Sir Herbert Hyland |
|
|---|---|
| Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Gippsland South |
|
|
In office 1 November 1929 – 1 March 1970 |
|
| Preceded by | Walter West |
| Succeeded by | James Taylor |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Herbert John Thornhill Hyland 15 March 1884 Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Died | 18 March 1970 (aged 86) Prahran |
| Resting place | Springvale Botanical Cemetery |
| Political party | Country Party |
| Spouse(s) |
Amelia May Barratt (m. 1912–68) Elsie Joan Mendoza (m. 1970) |
| Occupation | Storekeeper and investor |
Sir Herbert John Thornhill Hyland (15 March 1884 – 18 March 1970), storekeeper, investor, and politician, was born in 1884 at Prahran, Melbourne, second son of George Hyland, a Victorian-born painter, and his wife Mary, née Thornhill, from Ireland.
Herbert's grandfather was John Hyland, one of the first settlers of the South Yarra and Prahran regions. The Hyland family also participated in the 1 November 1837 land sale, purchasing an allotment between Bourke St and Little Bourke st, Melbourne (after Williamstown nomination of Melbourne's first Magistrate, and were the original owners of the Freemason's Tavern, South Yarra.
Herbert attended Caulfield state school until the early deaths of his parents forced him to leave at the age of 12 and take a job in a grocery store in Glenhuntly.
Hyland eventually moved to South Gippsland, establishing his own general store and mixed grocery business. On 8 May 1912 at her parents' home at Galaquil he married with Methodist forms 18-year-old Amelia Mary Barratt (died 1968); their son and daughter were to predecease him, to his deep distress.
As Hyland's business flourished, he diversified into dairy farming and became a major landowner in the region. He was ruled unfit for war service, but proved a staunch advocate of soldier settlers. Elected in 1923 to the Woorayl shire council (president 1928–1929), he took an increasingly active role in community affairs, joined the Country Party and served as president of its Central Gippsland district council. His commercial ventures proved so profitable in the late 1920s that he was able to retire early and devote himself to community causes.
In 1927 Hyland unsuccessfully contested the newly created seat of Wonthaggi in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. In 1929, with the aid of preferences from the Australian Labor Party, Hyland defeated the sitting Nationalist member for the seat of Gippsland South and entered state parliament.
...
Wikipedia