John Morrice (1811 – 20 February 1875) was an Australian politician.
He was born in
Jamaica
Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...
to estate agent David Morrice and Anne White, and he was educated in England. He later settled at
Berrima in
New South Wales
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, and on 9 November 1838 married Jane Osborne, with whom he had twelve children.
Morrice held land on the
Murrumbidgee River
The Murrumbidgee River () is a major tributary of the Murray River within the Murray–Darling basin and the second longest river in Australia. It flows through the Australian state of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, desce ...
and cattle runs on the
Lachlan River
The Lachlan River is an intermittent river that is part of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, located in the Southern Tablelands, Central West, and Riverina regions of New South Wales, Australia.
The Lachlan River ...
, and during the gold rush was successful selling picks and shovels, becoming substantially wealthy.
In 1860 he was elected to the
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament Ho ...
for
Camden, serving until his retirement in 1872. Morrice died at
Marulan
Marulan is the traditional lands of the Gundungurra people. It is a small town in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia in the Goulburn Mulwaree Council local government area. It is located south-west of Sydney on the Hume Highway ...
in 1875.
References
1811 births
1875 deaths
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
19th-century Australian politicians
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