Alfred Henry Brown
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Alfred Brown | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Council | |
| In office 26 April 1861 – 13 May 1863 | |
| In office 12 January 1874 – 26 January 1882 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alfred Henry Brown 1818 |
| Died | 1907 aged 89 |
| Occupation | Station owner, Sugar mill owner |
Alfred Henry Brown (1818 – 20 February 1907) was a Station owner and Member of the Queensland Legislative Council.[1]
Brown was born in Brislington, Somersetshire, England bef Sept 1818 to John Brown and his wife Mary (née Cater).
Pastoralist
He and three brothers, Dr. Walter Brown, Henry Hort Brown and Arthur Brown, migrated to Queensland around 1839 under medical advice due to pulmonary disease. Together they invested all of their capital in purchasing Gin Gin station, Junction station in Wide Bay district, taking up yet another station in Port Curtis. Brown managed the station and gained a reputation with his nearby pastoralists and became known as the "British Lion of the Burnett".[1] Altogether the brothers ending up as leaseholders of hundreds of square miles of the best cattle country on the north coast of Australia, including Barolin Station, Fairymeade Station and Kolan Station, as well as the sugar plantation at Antigua.[2]