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William Adams Brodribb | |
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| Born | (1809-05-27)27 May 1809 London, England |
| Died | 31 May 1886(1886-05-31) (aged 77) Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| Occupations | pastoralist, politician |
William Adams Brodribb (27 May 1809 – 31 May 1886) was an Australian pastoralist and politician.[1][2]
He was born in London on 27 May 1809. His father, also William Adams Brodribb, was an attorney who was convicted of administering unlawful oaths in 1816 and transported for seven years. He arrived at Sydney in Sir William Bensley in March 1817, and was sent to Hobart. In February 1818 his wife and children arrived at Hobart in Duke of Wellington. They settled on a farm near New Norfolk and three more sons were born.
In April 1835 William junior moved to New South Wales and became a partner in a cattle station. In 1836 he overlanded the second draft of cattle to Melbourne. On returning from Port Phillip Brodribb relocated to what later became the site of Gundagai. In August Brodribb petitioned for a punt over the Murrumbidgee near his Gundagai hut and in January 1838 Deputy Surveyor General Samuel Perry reported that 'a better site could not have been chosen for a Town of the first class' in reference to Gundagai.[3] In 1841, following Strzelecki, he formed an expedition to Gippsland which named Port Albert, the Latrobe River,[4] the Albert River[5][6] and explored inland.
In 1843 he became manager of the Monaro runs of William Bradley. For the next twelve years he lived on Coolringdon station near Cooma. In 1855 he settled on the Wanganella run, near Deniliquin. He owned a series of properties in western New South Wales until retiring to Sydney in 1879.
1859年の選挙では、ニューサウスウェールズ州議会のバルラナルド選挙区から立候補したが落選した。[ 7 ] 1861年7月、ブロドリブはビクトリア州議会のブライトン選挙区から当選したが、翌年辞任した。[ 8 ]彼の兄弟ケンリックもビクトリア州議会議員で、1861年から1864年までセントキルダ選挙区を代表していた。 [ 9 ]彼は1864年から1865年の選挙でモナラ選挙区からニューサウスウェールズ州議会の議席獲得に再び挑戦した が落選した。[ 10 ]
彼は1880年11月の選挙でウェントワース選挙区からニューサウスウェールズ州議会議員に選出されたが[ 11 ]、わずか1年で辞任し、 1881年12月に立法評議会への任命を受け入れ、その後亡くなるまでその職を務めた[ 12 ] 。
ブロドリブは1883年に自伝を出版した。[ 3 ]
彼は1886年5月31日にシドニーで亡くなり（享年77歳）、ビクトリア州ブライトンのセント・アンドリュース墓地に家族と共に埋葬された。[ 12 ]