James Wilson (New South Wales Politician, Born 1862)
James Wilson (1862 – 24 September 1925) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born at Redditch to labourer James Wilson and Martha Collins. He migrated to New South Wales around 1870 and worked as a confectioner. He was secretary of the Confectioners Employees Union and its delegate to the Trades and Labor Council, of which he was president in 1892. He was a foundation member of the Labor Party, and president of the Political Labor League from 1898 to 1899. Around 1902 he married Lucy Anne Garnett, with whom he had a daughter. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1899 until his death in 1925. He was reportedly a prominent Labor figure, "brilliant speaker" and sought-after campaigner in his earlier years, but suffered from ailing health and was "not prominent" later in his career, rarely attending the last session before his death. Wilson died in Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the ...
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Redditch
Redditch is a town, and local government district, in north-east Worcestershire, England, approximately south of Birmingham. The district has a population of 85,000 as of 2019. In the 19th century, it became the international centre for the needle and fishing tackle industry. At one point, 90% of the world's needles were manufactured in the town and its neighbourhoods. In the 1960s, it became a model for modern new town planning. History The first recorded mention of Redditch (''Red-Ditch'', thought to be a reference to the red clay of the nearby River Arrow) is in 1348, the year of the outbreak of the Black Death. During the Middle Ages, it became a centre of needle-making and later prominent industries were fish-hooks, fishing tackle, motorcycles and springs, the last of which was notably undertaken by Herbert Terry and Sons. Redditch was designated a new town on 10 April 1964, and the population increased dramatically from 32,000 to around 77,000. Housing development ...
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