John Edwards (1820 - 25 November 1872) was a member of the

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Biography

Edwards was born in England in 1820. He arrived in Australia around 1844 and became the lessee of Ban Ban Station in the Burnett region with his brother. He drowned aboard the '' Royal Adelaide'' when it sank at

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in England.

Public career

Edwards won the seat of Burnett in the Queensland Legislative Assembly at the

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. He held Burnett for two years before resigning in April 1865.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Edwards, John Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1820 births 1872 deaths 19th-century Australian politicians