James Henry Atkinson (c. 1820 – 31 August 1873) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born at

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. He ran a wool washing works at Botany Swamps before erecting a dam at Lachlan Swamps around 1849. He later expanded to become a

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. In 1859 he was elected to the

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for Central Cumberland, serving until his resignation due to insolvency in 1863. Atkinson died at Newtown in 1873.

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1820s births 1873 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 19th-century Australian politicians English emigrants to colonial Australia {{Australia-politician-stub