Charles Melbourne

Charles Melbourne
Member of the Queensland Legislative Council
In office
18 April 1878 – 18 August 1885
Personal details
Born
Charles Sydney Dick Melbourne

(1838-06-03)3 June 1838
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died23 September 1891(1891-09-23) (aged 53)
Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Resting placeRockhampton General Cemetery
SpouseSarah Jane Daly (m.1865)
OccupationArticled clerk

Charles Sydney Dick Melbourne (3 June 1838 - 23 September 1891) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Council.[1]

Melbourne was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in 1838 to Alexander Dick Melbourne and his wife Charlotte (née Hutchinson).[1]

He was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council in 1878 and served for seven years before resigning in 1885. Melbourne died in Rockhampton in 1891[1] and was buried in Rockhampton General Cemetery.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  2. ^ South Rockhampton Cemetery (Rockhampton General Cemetery) Index Archived 3 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine — Rockhampton Regional Council. Retrieved 8 March 2015.


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