John Eales (1 February 1831 – 30 April 1894) was an

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politician. He was born at Berry Park on the

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to landowners John and Jane Eales. He was educated in

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and managed his father's estate, which he then inherited. On 23 February 1861 he married Ann Maria Gain, with whom he had six sons. In 1880 he was appointed to the

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, where he served until his death at his Duckenfield estate in 1894. He earned his income from breeding racehorses and other stock and taking on tenant farmers. He was a parishioner of the

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. In 1880s, Eales owned

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and was the first European settler in Duckenfield. According to Harry Boyle's ''Historic Largs Village'', John Eales offered to take the Midlothian immigrants, but they refused and decided to settle on Goulburn Grove.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Eales, John 1831 births 1894 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council 19th-century Australian politicians