Alfred Henry Brown (1818 – 20 February 1907) was a Station owner and

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Early life

Brown was born in

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bef Sept 1818 to John Brown and his wife Mary (née Cater).

Pastoralist

He and three brothers, Dr. Walter Brown, Henry Hort Brown and Arthur Brown, migrated to

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

around 1839 under medical advice due to pulmonary disease. Together they invested all of their capital in purchasing Gin Gin station, Junction station in Wide Bay district, taking up yet another station in Port Curtis, altogether the brothers ending up as leaseholders of hundreds of square miles of the best cattle country on the north coast of Australia. Brown managed the station and gained a reputation with his nearby pastoralists and became known as the "British Lion of the Burnett".

Politics and public life

The Governor General of New South Wales appointed Alfred Henry Brown of Port Curtis to be a Magistrate for New South Wales on 30 August 1858. On Thursday 15 July 1858 Alfred Brown, Esq. appeared in Sydney before The Select Committee on the Murders by the Aborigines on the Dawson River. This Committee was appointed as a reaction to the

Hornet Bank massacre The Hornet Bank massacre involves the killing of eleven settlers (seven members of the Fraser family, including a woman and five of her children) and one Aboriginal station-hand, by a group of Iman Aboriginal Australians. The massacre occurred ...

and subsequent events. Brown was appointed to the

Queensland Legislative Council The Queensland Legislative Council was the upper house of the parliament in the Australian state of Queensland. It was a fully nominated body which first took office on 1 May 1860. It was abolished by the Constitution Amendment Act 1921, which to ...

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. On 26 June 1861 the Honorable Alfred Henry Brown, M.L.C., appeared before The Select Committee on the Native Police Force in

. He made it clear that he did not support the Native Police, and in particular the officers of the Native Police. In 1879 he was appointed on the founding trustees of Maryborough Boys Grammar School.

Later life

Brown retired to

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and later on, returned to England. Brown died at

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in 1907.Cumberland Argus (Paramatta) 30 March 1907, 4f.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Alfred Members of the Queensland Legislative Council 1820 births 1908 deaths British emigrants to Australia 19th-century Australian politicians Pre-Separation Queensland Australian pastoralists 19th-century Australian businesspeople