About Frederick Shaw
Lived 1824 – 1902 (aged 77–78). Frederick Shaw was a politician and cobb and Co.
Frederick Shaw (1824 - 19 March 1902) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Biography Shaw was born in Pontefract, Yorkshire, the son of Isaac Shaw and his wife Ann. He was educated in Yorkshire and by 1861 was in Australia and working as an agent in Dalby for Cobb and Co. Around 1871 he was growing sugar in the Albert region and then was the General Manager for Queensland of Cobb and Co. in 1876. He was a Director of the City and Suburban Building Society in 1892. for his burial at the South Rockhampton Cemetery.
Public career Shaw won the seat of Logan in the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1875 Shaw himself resigned from the parliament in 1876.
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Who was Frederick Shaw?
Queensland Australia politician
When was Frederick Shaw born?
Frederick Shaw was born in 1824 in Pontefract.
When did Frederick Shaw die?
Frederick Shaw died on 19 March 1902 in Emu Park.
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Frederick Shaw was a politician and cobb and Co.
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