Thomas Proe (1852–1922) was an

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and

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Personal life

Thomas Proe was born in 1852 at

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, the son of Thomas Proe and Jane Beckman. He came to Queensland in 1876 and married Mary Strasburg (daughter of Frederick Strasburg and Frederica Mundt) in Brisbane in 1881. They had seven children: * Frederick Thomas (born 1882, died 1886)Queensland Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages
/ref> * Ethel Mary (born 1884, died 1888) * Martha Jane Jubilee (born 1887, married John McClew MacGibbon in 1928) * Bertha (born 1889, married Hector Marwick in 1915) * Eveline Mary (born 1893) * Victor Thomas (born 1897, married Mabel Annie Sinnamon in 1921) * Cara May Gladys (born 1901, married Lancelot Walter Trout in 1925) Proe died on 17 December 1922 at his residence "Wyralla", Mark street,

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, aged 71 years. He is buried in

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. His wife died in 1924 and is buried with him.Obituary
Brisbane Courier, Wednesday 20 December 1922, p. 15"Brisbane Mayors"
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Business life

Thomas Proe trained as an

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in England, but in Brisbane he became a

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. He owned the Osborne Hotel and later Royal George Hotel, Ann Street,

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Public life

Thomas Proe was served as an

of the

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from 1895 to 1905. He was

of the

in 1901 and again in 1905 as

of the

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(Brisbane having become a

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in 1903). His service to the council, includedBrisbane City Council Archives
/ref> * Finance Committee 1895, 1899, 1902, 1904 * Legislative Committee 1895, 1899, 1902, 1903 * Works Committee 1896, 1900–1903, 1905 * Parks Committee 1896, 1900–1901 * Health Committee 1900–1901 * Special (Ferries) Committee 1900–1901 * Building Act Committee 1901 * Special Sewerage Committee 1905 * Member of Board of Waterworks 1905 During his term as mayor, Brisbane was in 1901 visited by the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later

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and Queen Mary). In recognition of his work for that occasion, he was appointed a

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(CMG) 15 May 1901. Thomas Proe was president for some years of the Licensed Victuallers' Association, a member of the Brisbane Metropolitan Water Board, and a member of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers. He was also a member of the Masons.

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Photo of Thomas Proe, as mayor in 1901
{{DEFAULTSORT:Proe, Thomas Mayors and Lord Mayors of Brisbane Colony of Queensland people Burials at Toowong Cemetery 1852 births 1922 deaths

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