Edmund Harris Thornburgh Plant (10 December 1844 – 28 April 1926) was a mill owner and company director of mines in the

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- Ravenswood and a politician in

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, Australia.

Early life

Edmund Harris Thornburgh Plant was born on 10 December 1844 in Nottingham, England, the son of C. Frederick Plant and his wife Maria (née Neville).

Politics

Plant was appointed a member of 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 8 June 1905. A lifetime appointment, he remained in the Council until its abolition on 23 March 1922.

Later life

Plant died on 28 April 1926 at Sandgate and was buried in Bald Hills Cemetery.Plant E H T
— Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 21 February 2015.

Legacy

The Rooney Building which he constructed in

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is now listed on the

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