About George Salier
Lived 1813 – 1892 (aged 78–79). George Salier was a merchant and politician.
George Salier (1813 – 11 June 1892) was an Australian politician.
Salier was born in 1813. He arrived in Tasmania in 1839 and went on to be a prominent merchant, shipowner and whaler.
He owned four ships that made 30 whaling voyages from Hobart between 1868 and 1888.
In 1866 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly, representing the seat of Hobart Town. He resigned in 1869, was re-elected in 1870 and transferred to the new seat of North Hobart in 1871. In 1886 he moved to the Tasmanian Legislative Council, representing the seat of Hobart until his death in Hobart in 1892.
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Who was George Salier?
merchant and politician in colonial Tasmania
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George Salier was born in 1813.
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George Salier died on 11 June 1892 in Hobart, Tasmania.
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George Salier was a merchant and politician.
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