John Walker (1799 – 27 February 1874) was an Australian politician, member of the
Tasmanian Legislative Council
The Tasmanian Legislative Council is the upper house of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. It is one of the two chambers of the Parliament, the other being the House of Assembly. Both houses sit in Parliament House in the state capital, ...
.
Walker was born in
Ednam
Ednam is a small village near Kelso in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland.
Places nearby include Stichill, Sprouston, Nenthorn, Eccles, Gordon, Greenlaw as well as Floors Castle.
The village was formerly in Roxburghshire. Its name is a co ...
,
Roxburghshire, Scotland, son of Robert Thomas Walker.
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John Walker emigrated to
Van Diemen's Land
Van Diemen's Land was the colonial name of the island of Tasmania used by the British during the European exploration of Australia in the 19th century. A British settlement was established in Van Diemen's Land in 1803 before it became a sep ...
(later renamed
Tasmania
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) in 1822, and carried on business as a miller in
Hobart for many years.
[ He was appointed one of the Commissioners for Hobart before the establishment of a Municipal Council for the city.][
In 1851 Walker was elected a member of the old unicameral Legislative Council for Brighton, and on the introduction of free institutions was elected on 6 October 1856][
Walker died in Hobart on 27 February 1874.][ Walker twice married: firstly to Janet Glass in 1827; they had several children, all of whom except one survived him; and secondly to Julia Speke ''née'' Coverdale in 1858, the widow of Charles Bradbury.][ His grandson was ]Alan Cameron Walker
Alan Cameron Walker (1865–1931) was an Australians, Australian architect and philanthropist, born in Hobart, Tasmania. The grandson of John Walker (Australian politician), John Walker, he was educated at Hutchins School and apprenticed to Henry ...
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References
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1799 births
1874 deaths
Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council
Scottish emigrants to Australia
19th-century Australian politicians