Adam Black (Australian politician)
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8 August 1839
Adam Black | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Logan | |
| In office 16 April 1875 – 4 October 1875 | |
| Preceded by | Philip Henry Nind |
| Succeeded by | Frederick Shaw |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Adam Black 8 August 1839 |
| Died | 26 December 1902 (aged 60-61) |
| Resting place | Gympie Cemetery |
| Spouse | Jane Margaret Drummond Barlow (m.1869 d.1901) |
| Occupation | Gold miner, Quartz miner |
Adam Black (8 August 1839 – 26 December 1902) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]
Mining career
Black was born in Mordington, Berwickshire, Scotland to parents George Black and his wife Marjory née Hogg.[1][2] George and Marjory Black had six children: John, Agnes, Janet, Adam, George and David.[2] In 1851 the Black family were living at Prenderguest, Ayton in Berwickshire.[2]
Black arrived in Gympie, Queensland in 1868 from New Zealand where he gained farming and mining experience.[1]
Black was one of the four pioneers of quartz mining in Gympie. They were not only successful in discovering quartz but in getting the gold to the surface in the New Zealand Reef in Gympie.[3]
Black and Gilbert Muir, later of the Nooya Plantation in Beenleigh, Queensland, owned significant gold interests in the New Zealand Reef. Muir had previously worked the New Zealand gold fields.[3]