James Thomas Fallon (1823 – 26 May 1886) was an Irish-born Australian politician. He was born at

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to farmer James Fallon and Margaret Norton. He migrated to

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in 1841 and operated a general store. He became a

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, being director of a Murray Valley-based company from 1858. In 1869 he was elected to the

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for Hume, but he did not re-contest in 1872. His winery manufactured the first Australian champagne in 1876. Fallon died at Manly in 1886.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fallon, James 1823 births 1886 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 19th-century Australian politicians