Nationality English Australian | Name Alfred Brown | |
Full Name Alfred Henry Brown Occupation Station owner, Sugar mill owner | ||
Alfred Henry Brown (1820 – 30 September 1908) was a Station owner and Member of the Queensland Legislative Council.
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Early life
Brown was born in Bristol, England in 1820 to John Brown and his wife Mary (née Cater).
Pastoralist
Around 1840 he moved to Queensland with his younger brother Arthur, and together invested all of their capital in purchasing several hundred square miles of the best cattle country on the north coast of Australia. Brown gained a reputation with his nearby pastoralists and became known as the " British Lion of the Burnett'".
Politics and public life
Brown was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council on 26 April 1861 and resigned his seat on the 13 May 1863. He was once again appointed on 12 January 1874 and served till he resigned on 26 January 1882.
In 1879 he was appointed on the founding trustees of Maryborough Boys Grammar School.
Later life
Brown retired to Sydney and later on, returned to England. Brown died at Tunbridge Wells in 1908.