Name James Atkinson | Role Australian politician | |
James Henry Atkinson (c. 1820 – 31 August 1873) was an English-born Australian politician.
He was born at Wakefield in Yorkshire. He ran a wool washing works at Botany Swamps before erecting a dam at Lachlan Swamps around 1849. He later expanded to become a fellmonger. In 1859 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Central Cumberland, serving until his resignation in 1863. Atkinson died at Newtown in 1873.
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