Edward Gascoigne Collinson (1801 – April 1861) was a businessman and politician in the early days of the colonies of

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

and

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...

History

He arrived in

Swan River Colony The Swan River Colony, also known as the Swan River Settlement, or just Swan River, was a British colony established in 1829 on the Swan River, in Western Australia. This initial settlement place on the Swan River was soon named Perth, and it ...

(now Western Australia) in 1829 and was for some time a government employee. He moved to South Australia around 1847 and set up in business as a shipping agent, taking over the lease of Queen's Wharf,

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to which he added the bonded warehouse in 1848. In 1851 Collinson and Younghusband built a wharf at the top end of the Port River opposite Fletcher's Slip, officially named "Princes Wharf" but was generally known as "Collinson's Wharf" until around 1861. He was member of the

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for the seat of

from 11 October 1858 to 12 March 1860. He was appointed

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in 1860. He was a trustee for the Port Adelaide Harbour Trust. On 23 November 1833 he was married by the Rev. J. B. Wittenoom to Mary Lucile Birkett, daughter of Josephine Marie Louise Madeleine Birkett, née L'Afferiare, and James Birkett of H.M. 86th Regiment. They had no children. He accumulated substantial real estate property which was disposed of in 1899.·

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Collinson, Edward Members of the South Australian House of Assembly 1801 births 1861 deaths 19th-century Australian politicians Settlers of Western Australia