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Alfred Pickmore Bussell
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Birth | | Date: 21 June 1816
Place: Portsea, Hants, England, United Kingdom |
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Arrival in WA | | To WA March 1830 with brothers on Warrior |
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Parents | | Son of Reverend William Marchant Bussell, Anglican clergyman, and Frances Louisa Yates
Brother of John Garrett Bussell |
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Marriage and Family | | Married 22 August 1850, residence of R Heppingstone, Wonnerup (and also at St Mary’s Church, Busselton) to Ellen Heppingstone (born 1 December 1833), daughter of Robert and Ann MacKinlay
Children: six sons and eight daughters
Widowed 16 January 1877 |
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Death | | Date: 18 October 1882
Place: Brookhampton, Victoria, Australia
Cemetery: Busselton Cemetery, WA |
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Religion | | Church of England |
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Education | | Educated Winchester College, England |
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Occupation | | Farmer |
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Employment History | | 1830–1834 attempted to establish farm with brothers in Augusta district, home destroyed by fire |
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House | | MLC |
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Date Elected | | 29 July 1872 |
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Inaugural Speech | | |
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Speeches | | Search for speeches by Alfred Bussell |
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Year Retired/Resigned | | 1874 |
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Electorate | | Nominated |
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Parliamentary Service | | Nominated MLC 29 July 1872–30 June 1874 |
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Background/Membership | | Moved with brothers to Cattle Chosen, Vasse district
By 1851 lived at Broadwater, 1857, moved to Ellensbrook, Margaret River, WA
1865 also took up Wallcliffe in property extending from Cowaramup to Donnelly River
Justice of the Peace |
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References | | D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2001, p. 7. |
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Further Information | | Wendy Birman, 'Bussell, Alfred Pickmore (1816–1882)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bussell-alfred-pickmore-3126/text4653, published first in hardcopy 1969, accessed online 17 December 2015.
D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2001, p. 7.
Bussell papers, Battye Library, Perth.
R Erickson, ed, The bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888, volume I. A-C, University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, WA, 1987.
EOG Shann, Cattle Chosen, London, 1926.
West Australian, 27 October 1882. |
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