Parliamentary Service |
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MLC |
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1839 |
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Nominated |
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Electorates
- Nominated MLC 1839–1840, May 1868–July 1870
- MLC 28 June–28 November 1872
- Contested Swan 26 October 1870
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1872 |
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Personal Information |
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1802 |
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Kent, England, United Kingdom |
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28 November 1872 |
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Herne Hill, Western Australia |
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To WA by Minstrel, January 1830 |
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Son of Reverend Julius |
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Married 1827 to Ann Frances Elizabeth Hamersley (born circa 1809 and died 5 March 1876)
Children: six sons and three daughters
Father of Edmund Ralph Brockman and Henry Brockman |
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Church of England |
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Farmer |
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Farmer, Romney Marsh, Kent
Granted 20,160 acres. Established Herne Hill, Swan district
Wheatgrowing
1837 established mill
From circa 1845 exported horses to India
Acquired Seabrook (near Northam) and Cheriton (near Gingin) |
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1842 member of Swan and Central Roads Committees
Swan Road Board chairman 1871–1872 |
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1831 foundation member Swan Agricultural Society
Justice of the Peace, 1833 |
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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. 5.
A. Burton, The Story of the Swan District 1843–1938 (Perth, 1938)
Alfred H. Chate, 'Brockman, William Locke (1802–1872)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/brockman-william-locke-1828/text2099, published first in hardcopy 1966, accessed online 14 December 2015. Includes a family tree.
R Erickson, ed, The bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888, volume I. A-C, University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, WA, 1987.
Herald, 7 December 1872.
Inquirer, 4 December 1872.
R. Johnston, William Locke Brockman: A Portrait (Nedlands 1982) |
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