Thomas Rawlinson (1847 – 21 July 1928) was an English-born Australian politician.
Born in
Kent to stonemason William Rawlinson and Eliza Underdown, he arrived in
New South Wales with his family around 1852. He attended
Sydney Grammar School
(Praise be to God)
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and studied law at the
University of Sydney, being admitted as a solicitor in 1870. He then moved to
Bega, where he became partner in Rawlinson & Bland. On 14 November 1877 he married Sarah Ritchie, with whom he had eight children. In 1884 he was Bega's first mayor. He served as the
Protectionist member for
Bega from 1894 to 1895 in the
New South Wales Legislative Assembly. Rawlinson died at
Bellevue Hill in 1928.
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1847 births
1928 deaths
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Protectionist Party politicians