John Nowlan (1821 – 9 March 1895) was an Irish-born Australian politician. He was born at

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to pastoralist Timothy Nowlan and Elizabeth Robertson. He migrated to

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at a young age and then farmed in the

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district. He then moved to

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, where he bred cattle. In 1866 he was elected to the

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for Williams, serving until his retirement in 1874. Nowlan died at West Maitland in 1895. Nowlan was also a proponent to Australia's Kangaroo Humping Act of 1870.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nowlan, John 1821 births 1895 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 19th-century Australian politicians