Adam Black

Adam Black (8 August 1839 – 26 December 1902) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Early life and business career Black was born in Mordington, Berwickshire, Scotland to parents George Black and his wife Marjory née Hogg. George and Marjory Black had six children: John, Agnes, Janet, Adam, George and David.

Black and Gilbert Muir, later of the Nooya Plantation in Beenleigh, Queensland, owned significant gold interests in the New Zealand Reef. Muir had previously worked the New Zealand gold fields. He represented Logan in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 16 April 1875 to 4 October 1875. Together they had 7 sons and 2 daughters:

Black died in Gympie on Friday 26 December 1902 from cancer. In 1855 at the age of five Jane was adopted by entertainer William Robert Barlow and his wife Jane. She was renamed Jane Margaret Drummond Barlow.