Phillip Dignam (1810 – 23 June 1879) was an Irish-born Australian politician. He was born in

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and migrated to Australia around 1839. On 13 September 1843 he married Bridget O'Hanlon, with whom he had eight children. He worked as an auctioneer in 1846, based in

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, and in 1849 opened the town's first pawnshop. A Goulburn alderman and mayor, he ran general stores and then entered the wine and spirits business. In 1864 he was elected to the

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for Argyle, but he did not re-contest in 1869. Dignam died at Goulburn in 1879.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dignam, Phillip 1810 births 1879 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 19th-century Australian politicians