Richardson, John (1810-1888)

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grazier (unspecified); Member of Lower House; Member of Upper House; separationist; shipping agent; store/shopkeeper; wholesaler
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http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1465324

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RICHARDSON, JOHN (1810-1888), store-keeper and politician, was born at Freuchie Manse, Fifeshire, Scotland, eldest son of Rev. John Richardson, United Presbyterian minister, and his wife Grace, née Pratt. Educated at parish schools in Freuchie and Pitlessie and at Cupar Academy, at 16 he was apprenticed to a linen draper in Kirkcaldy and from 1835 worked in London. In April 1838 he reached Sydney in the Fergusson; he worked with R. Bourne & Co. for four years.

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  1. 'Richardson, John (1810 - 1888)' - Australian Dictionary of Biography
    Martha Rutledge
    [1976]
    Published: Melbourne University Press
    Series: Volume 6
    p. 26.

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  1. The Brisbane career of John Richardson / Jean Stewart
    Stewart, Jean
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  2. John Richardson, businessman and parliamentarian
    Stewart, Jean
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  3. Another of Brisbane's forgotten founders: John Richardson. [Paper presented at a meeting of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland, 25 June 1992]
    Stewart, Jean
    Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland (1988)
    [ Article : 1993 ]
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