George Henry Greene (20 July 1838 – 22 December 1911) was an Irish-born Australian politician. He was born in

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to farmer William Pomeroy Greene and Anne Griffith. In 1842 the family moved to

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, where William Greene established the Woodlands estate. Greene studied at the

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, where he received a

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, and was subsequently a pastoralist on the

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. In 1870 he married Ellen Elizabeth Crawford, with whom he had five children. In 1875, he sold his share in his properties and embarked on a two-year world tour. On his return Greene bought Iandra, a 32,600 acre (13,193 ha) estate near Grenfell, in 1878 and began grazing and wheat-growing. In 1889 he was elected to the

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as the

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member for Grenfell. Defeated in 1891, he returned in 1894 but his election was invalidated a few months later. Re-elected again in 1895, he retired in 1898. From 1899 to 1911 he was a member of the

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. In 1893 he had been Commissioner of the Chicago Exposition. Greene died at Grenfell in 1911.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Greene, George 1838 births 1911 deaths People from the Colony of Victoria Colony of New South Wales politicians Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council Free Trade Party politicians People from County Louth Politicians from Melbourne University of Melbourne alumni