James Morgan (Queensland politician)
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James Morgan | |
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| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Warwick | |
| In office 10 August 1870 – 21 July 1871 | |
| Preceded by | Edmond Thornton |
| Succeeded by | Charles Clark |
| In office 4 November 1873 – 29 November 1878 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Clark |
| Succeeded by | Jacob Horwitz |
| Personal details | |
| Born | James Morgan 29 September 1816 Longford, County Longford, Ireland |
| Died | 29 November 1878 (aged 62) Warwick, Queensland, Australia |
| Resting place | Warwick General Cemetery |
| Spouse | Catherine Barton (m.1848 d.1907) |
| Relations | Arthur Morgan (son), Arthur Morgan (grandson) |
| Occupation | Newspaper editor |
James Morgan (1816–1878) was an Australian politician who was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]
James Morgan was born on 29 September 1816 in Longford, Ireland, the son of Michael, a local farmer.[2][3] He attended the private school of author Maria Edgeworth in Edgeworthtown.[3] He was a member of the Church of England.[1] At 19 years of age, he became interested in surveying and spent 3 years attached to a party of surveyors around Snowdon in Caernarvonshire, Wales.[3] In late 1840, he immigrated on the Palestine, arriving in Sydney on 14 March 1841.[3] He spent a few years in the Brisbane Water district in New South Wales before managing the property of W. C. Wentworth on the Namoi River until the end of 1847. In early 1848 he married. He continued to manage pastoral properties until 1868.[3]
Editorial career
In 1868 Morgan purchased the Warwick Argus newspaper.[3] He worked fervently on thenewspaper, often writing columns particularly against the 1868 Land Act.[2]
