James Augustus Parker (1820 – 7 January 1899) was a miner, mill proprietor, and member of the
Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Parker was born around 1820 to parents John Parker and his wife Rebecca.
[Parker James]
— Nsw Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
When the member for the Queensland state seat of
Burke
Burke is an Anglo-Norman Irish surname, deriving from the ancient Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norman noble dynasty, the House of Burgh. In Ireland, the descendants of William de Burgh (–1206) had the surname ''de Burgh'' which was gaelicised ...
,
William Hodgkinson, resigned in 1875 to head up a government expedition, Parker won the
subsequent by-election unopposed.
Parker himself went on to resign the seat in June of the following year.
[
He died at ]Jembaicumbene
Jembaicumbene (pronounced Jemmi-c'm-bene) is a locality in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia, located 8 km (5 miles) out along the Braidwood– Majors Creek Road. Once a thriving goldfield, it is now a peaceful val ...
, New South Wales in 1899[ and was buried in the Braidwood General Cemetery.][Parker James]
— Australian Cemeteries. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
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1820 births
1899 deaths
Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
19th-century Australian politicians