Augustus Morris ( – 29 August 1895) was a pastoralist and politician in New South Wales, Australia. He was born in

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around 1820 to ex-convict and farmer Augustus Morris and Constantia Hibbins. He was educated at Hobart and helped explore

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. He married Sarah Merciana Charlotte Bailey, with whom he had four sons. He later farmed sheep in

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, and from 1851 to 1856 served in the

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as the member for Pastoral Districts of Liverpool Plains & Gwydir. In 1859 he was elected to the

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for

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, serving until his defeat in 1864. He was bankrupted in 1866 and discharged the following year, becoming an agent for a number of

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-based companies. Morris died at Manly on 29 August 1895 (aged ~ 75).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Morris, Augustus 1820 births 1895 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council 19th-century Australian politicians