Oscar John de Satgé (1836–1906) was an Australian
squatter
Squatting is the action of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied area of land or a building, usually residential, that the squatter does not own, rent or otherwise have lawful permission to use. The United Nations estimated in 2003 that there ...
and politician. He was a
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Early life
Oscar John de Satgé was born on 20 November 1836 in
Lausanne, Switzerland,
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Rugby School from 1849 to 1952. In May 1853, he immigrated to
Melbourne, Australia, on the ''Essex''.
Politics
On 29 January 1869,
Robert Travers Atkin
Robert Travers Atkin (29 November 1841 – 25 May 1872) was an Irish-born newspaper editor and politician in colonial Queensland
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, member for
Clermont, resigned. On 4 March 1869, Oscar de Satge was elected to the
Queensland Legislative Assembly at the resulting by-election, defeating
Charles Hardie Buzacott, the proprietor of the local newspaper, the ''
Peak Downs Telegram
The ''Peak Downs Telegram'' (later the ''Clermont Telegram'') was a newspaper published in Clermont, Queensland, Australia.
History
The ''Peak Downs Telegram'' was started by Charles Hardie Buzacott and E. J. Fried on 2 August 1864. Buzacott, ...
''. He held that seat only until he resigned on 4 April 1870.
John Robinson Benson won the resulting by-election on 4 May 1870. However, only a few months later, at the next state election on 6 September 1870, Oscar de Satge was re-elected in the seat on 6 September 1870, which he held until he resigned again on 9 April 1872.
Charles Graham won the resulting by-election on 30 April 1872.
On 4 November 1873, he was elected again, this time in the
electoral district of Normanby. He held this seat until he resigned on 20 March 1877.
George Fox
George Fox (July 1624 – 13 January 1691) was an English Dissenter, who was a founder of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as the Quakers or Friends. The son of a Leicestershire weaver, he lived in times of social upheaval and ...
won the resulting by-election on 19 April 1877.
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On 30 December 1880, Boyd Dunlop Morehead, the member for Mitchell, was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council. Oscar de Satge won the resulting by-election on 3 February 1881. He held this seat until he resigned on 5 April 1882. John Govett won the resulting by-election on 27 April 1882.][
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Later life
A noted pastoralist, he acquired the Augustus Downs Station
Augustus Downs Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the Gulf Country of outback Queensland.
It is situated south of Burketown and south west of Normanton. The Leichhardt River and numerous tributaries flow thr ...
in around 1881 along with Carandotta Station after selling Coreena Station for £70,000.
In 1882, de Satge retired to England. On 3 August 1882, he married Beatrice Elizabeth Fletcher at Madehurst, Sussex
Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a historic county in South East England that was formerly an independent medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English ...
, with whom he had one son and two daughters. In 1883, 1888 and 1893, he visited Australia to inspect his properties.
In 1901, he published a book of his experiences under the title ''Pages from the journal of a Queensland squatter''; he dedicated his book to Robert Herbert, the first Queensland Premier.Folkestone
Folkestone ( ) is a port town on the English Channel, in Kent, south-east England. The town lies on the southern edge of the North Downs at a valley between two cliffs. It was an important harbour and shipping port for most of the 19th and 20t ...
. His estate was valued at £443.[
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Publications
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See also
* Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1868–1870; 1870–1871; 1871–1873; 1873–1878; 1878–1883
References
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Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
1836 births
1906 deaths
Swiss emigrants
Colony of Queensland people
Australian memoirists
19th-century Australian politicians
19th-century memoirists
People from Folkestone
Politicians from Lausanne