James Chisholm (5 November 1806 – 24 June 1888) was an Australian politician. He was born in

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to James Chisholm, a member of the

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. At a young age he became a pastoralist near

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, taking up his head station, ''Kippilaw'', about twelve kilometres due west of Goulburn, in 1826. On 9 June 1829 he married Elizabeth Margaret Kinghorne, with whom he had nine sons. In January 1841, as a business venture, Chisholm supplied 5,000 sheep for overlanding from Goulburn to

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, following the Murrumbidgee and Murray rivers. The overlanding party, under the joint command of Henry Inman and Henry Field, were attacked by Aboriginals at the

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on 16 April 1841. All the livestock and equipment was lost, the overlanders narrowly escaping with their lives. Chisholm was elected as a member of the

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from 1851 to 1856 representing the Counties of King and Georgiana and was appointed to the council from 1865 to 1888, when he died at Goulburn.

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1806 births 1888 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council 19th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-politician-stub