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Walter Trueman Paget (7 February 1854 – 23 December 1930) was a farmer and politician in
On 9 August 1884 Paget married Minnie Jane Downing. Minnie died in December of the same yearChurch of England Section, M to Z, Mackay Cemetery
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— Chapel Hill. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
Queensland
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, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
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.
Biography
Paget was born inHagley
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, Worcestershire
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, the son of Arthur Paget and his wife Esther (née Gray). After his arrival in Australia in the early 1870s, he, along with his brothers, J.G. and Arthur Paget, selected land at Nindaroo, now a suburb of modern-day Mackay Mackay may refer to:
*Clan Mackay, the Scottish clan from which the surname "MacKay" derives
Mackay may also refer to:
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* Mackay Region, a local government area
** Mackay, Queensland, a city in the above region
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. J.G. Paget soon drowned in the Pioneer River
The Pioneer River is a river located in North Queensland, North Queensland, Australia. The long river flows through the city of .
History
Captain John Mackay (Australian pioneer), John Mackay and his party were the first Europeans to discover ...
when crossing the river on horseback.
The other brothers first engaged in maize
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and general farming but amalgamated the blocks they had selected and entered the sugar industry which was in its infancy in the Mackay area. The brothers then erected their own mill and began crushing their own cane as well as the cane of the local neighbouring farms. The mill continued until the 1890s when it was closed.
On 9 August 1884 Paget married Minnie Jane Downing. Minnie died in December of the same yearChurch of England Section, M to Z, Mackay Cemetery—
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. Retrieved 22 May 2016. and he then married Alice Elizabeth Ruth Haden on 11 April 1889 in Adelaide
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and together had two sons and two daughters. On 23 December 1930 Paget died at his home in Mooloolah
Mooloolah Valley is a rural locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Mooloolah Valley had a population of 3,321 people.
Mooloolah is a town () within the locality.
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Mooloolah Valley is in the Sunshine ...
, apparently after taking a stroke and falling on a knife. His daughter, Miss M. Paget, visiting from Townsville
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discovered him and a doctor was summoned but he was beyond help. Paget was buried in the Mooloolah Cemetery.Walter Trueman PAGET, died 23 Dec 1930— Chapel Hill. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
Public career
Paget was a Councilor on thePioneer Divisional Board
The Shire of Pioneer was a local government area surrounding the city of Mackay and including all but its innermost suburbs. The shire, administered from Mackay itself, covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1879 un ...
from 1883 until 1890 and its Chairman from 1890 until 1895 and in 1901. When the member for Mackay Mackay may refer to:
*Clan Mackay, the Scottish clan from which the surname "MacKay" derives
Mackay may also refer to:
Places Australia
* Mackay Region, a local government area
** Mackay, Queensland, a city in the above region
*** Mackay Airpor ...
, James Chataway
James Vincent Chataway (6 September 1852 – 12 April 1901) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Biography
Chataway was born in Warwickshire, England, the son of James Chataway and his wife Elizabeth (née Drinkwater) and was e ...
died in 1901, Paget won the resulting by-election
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. He went on to represent the electorate until the 1915 Queensland state election
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The election was the second for the Liberal government of Digby Denham, who had been premier since 7 Februar ...
when he retired from politics.
He was the Secretary for Railways and Agriculture from 1908 to 1911 and Secretary for Railways from 1911 to 1915. The Mackay suburb of Paget Paget is a surname of Anglo-Normans, Anglo-Norman origin which may refer to:
* Lord Alfred Paget (1816–1888), British soldier, courtier and politician
* Almeric Paget, 1st Baron Queenborough (1861–1949), British cowboy, industrialist, yachtsman ...
was named in his honour.
References
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Paget, Walter Trueman Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1854 births 1930 deaths