George Down was an accountant and politician in

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, Australia. He began his civic career when he became part of the

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in 1880 and remained a member 1903. In that year the board became absorbed into the

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. On 31 March 1903 after a legislative change the

became the City of Brisbane. He was

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from 1903 - 1916. In addition to his duties on the Brisbane City Council, he was one of the first trustees of the

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. He was also treasurer of the Local Authorities Association and the secretary of the Queensland Protestant Federation. George was also a very keen musician; he was choir master of the Fortitude Valley Methodist Church and "in the 80's was the pillar and mainstay of the Bowen Hills Musical Society" He conducted the Choral Union in the first Queensland inter-city Eisteddfod, which was held in Brisbane in 1888, and was treasurer of the 1913 Brisbane Eisteddfod. He was 87 years old when he died in July 1934.

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