Auber Jones

Auber George Jones (1832 – 30 December 1887) was an Australian grazier and newspaper owner who represented Murrumbidgee for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1882 to 1885. Born in Jericho, Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania), Jones moved to Melbourne and then to New South Wales to manage a station near Wagga Wagga. He became a wealthy pastoralist and held numerous properties in Lachlan and on the Bogan River during the 1860s and 1870s. Jones and Thomas Darlow established the Wagga Wagga Advertiser (now the Daily Advertiser) in 1868.

Life Auber George Jones was born in 1832, in Jericho, Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania). He was the third son of Robert and Harriet Jones. During the 1850s, he was connected to the Mercury, a Hobart newspaper. On 6 May 1854, Jones married Hannah Maria Moore, daughter of the Guardian owner John Joseph Moore, in Richmond, with whom he would have two sons and four daughters. In 1855, he obtained an auctioneer's license for 'Midland Sale Yards'. Jones later moved to Melbourne where he studied under Bishop Charles Perry for the Anglican ministry, but felt that he was not suited for priesthood.

Jones moved to Grenfell in 1883. On 30 December 1887, he died from apoplexy in Young and was buried in the Anglican section of the Wagga Wagga cemetery, leaving behind a £162,418 estate. His will kept his second wife from any benefit from his estate or authority over any of his children.