George Meares, (June 1825 – 8 December 1903) was

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1880 and 1881, and a member of the Victorian Legislative Council 1882 to 1886. Meares was the son of George Rochfort Meares, of

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, Ireland, and emigrated to Australia, arriving in

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in 1847 and moving to

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in 1852. He was Mayor of Melbourne in 1880 and 1881, and a commissioner and member of the executive committee for the Melbourne International Exhibition (1880). He married in 1864 Miss Sarah Brooker Dixon, and was created C.M.G. in 1882. Meares represented

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in the Victorian Legislative Council from December 1882 to September 1886. Meares died in

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on 8 December 1903; he had three sons, and three daughters, his wife died in 1875. He was the grandfather of

Ainslie Meares Ainslie Dixon Meares (3 March 191019 September 1986) was an Australian psychiatrist, scholar of hypnotism, psychotherapist, authority on stress and a prolific author who lived and practised in Melbourne. Early life Ainslie Meares was born in ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Meares, George 1825 births 1903 deaths People from County Westmeath Members of the Victorian Legislative Council Mayors and Lord Mayors of Melbourne Irish emigrants to colonial Australia 19th-century Australian politicians Drapers

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