John Walsh (1842 – 13 February 1893) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of 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 ...

Early life

Walsh was born in

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, County Galway, Ireland. He married Margaret Jane Clohesy on 28 December 1867.

Career

Walsh was a storekeeper in

Cooktown Cooktown is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. Cooktown is at the mouth of the Endeavour River, on Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland where James Cook beached his ship, the Endeavour, for repai ...

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, 1874–79, and a storekeeper in Smithfield, Cairns, 1877. He became Mayor of Cooktown, 1876–77. He represented the electoral district of Cook from 5 December 1878 to 30 October 1883. As member for Cook he lobbied for a rail link to Cooktown to support the gold mining in the district. He went on to become a railway contractor and investor in

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, 1884.

Later life

Walsh died on 13 February 1893 in Randwick, Sydney. His funeral was held at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Randwick after which he was buried in

Waverley Cemetery The Waverley Cemetery is a heritage-listed cemetery on top of the cliffs at Bronte in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Opened in 1877 and built by R. Watkins (cemetery lodge, 1878) and P. Beddie (cemetery office, 1915), ...

References

Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1842 births 1893 deaths 19th-century Australian politicians People from Oughterard, County Galway Politicians from County Galway Irish emigrants to colonial Australia {{Australia-politician-stub