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John Ferrett (1812–1894) was a pastoralist and politician in
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, Australia. He was a
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.


Early life

John Ferrett was born in 1812 in
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, England, the son of Harry Ferrett and his wife Mary (née Rabbit). He immigrated to Sydney,
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, Australia in 1835 on the ''Fairlie''. He worked as a station hand with the Dangar family at Gostwyck Plains, before establishing Wallann Station with them at Ipswich, Queensland around 1844. He established Wooinble Bank in Maranoa in 1862.


Politics

John Ferrett entered the
Queensland Legislative Assembly The Legislative Assembly of Queensland is the sole chamber of the unicameral Parliament of Queensland established under the Constitution of Queensland. Elections are held every four years and are done by full preferential voting. The Assembly h ...
on 4 May 1860 at the 1860 colonial election as the member for the
electoral district of Maranoa Maranoa was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Queensland. History Maranoa of the original sixteen electorates established in 1859. Geographically it was based on the Balonne River catchment area, including the towns of Roma ...
. He held the seat until 27 June 1863 (the 1863 election). On 13 June 1870, Samuel Hodgson, member for
West Moreton West Moreton is a region of the Australian state of Queensland, consisting of the entire rural western portion of South East Queensland. It sits inland from both the Brisbane metropolitan area and the Gold Coast and to the east of the Darling Do ...
, resigned. John Ferrett won the resulting by-election on 25 June 1870. He retained this seat in the
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and 1871 elections but was defeated in the 1873 election on 18 November 1873. John Ferrett also served as a councillor on the
Bundanba Divisional Board The Shire of Bundanba is a former local government area in the south-east of Queensland, Australia. It existed from 1879 to 1916. The spelling of ''Bundanba'' was officially changed to ''Bundamba'' in 1932, but the ''Bundamba'' spelling was in c ...
.


Later life

In 1874, Ferrett purchased Dulacca Station. He also had a part ownership in the Woodend coal mines on the Bremer River. John Ferrett died suddenly from heart disease on 4 June 1894 at his home in Roderick Street,
Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line ...
. He had never married and his closest relatives were his niece and nephew Emily and Harry Ferrett, the children of his late brother Henry Ferrett. His funeral was held on 5 June.


See also

* Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1860–1863; 1868–1870; 1870–1871; 1871–1873


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ferrett, John 1812 births 1894 deaths Australian pastoralists Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Politicians from Dorset English emigrants to colonial Australia 19th-century Australian politicians 19th-century Australian businesspeople