Godfrey Morgan

Godfrey Morgan (1 July 1875 – 29 August 1957) was an Australian journalist, politician, and farmer. He served on the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1909 until 1938, first for the electoral district of Murilla and then for the electoral district of Dalby.

Biography Godfrey Morgan was born on 29 July 1875 in Landsborough, Victoria, Australia, to Godrey Morgan, a newspaperman and printer, and Mary Elizabeth Morgan, née Williamson. When Morgan was young his father began a newspaper at Donald, Victoria, and when his father died in 1891, Morgan took over management of the paper. On 8 December 1896, he married Annie Jane Pace.

When A.E. Moore came to power in 1929, Morgan served as Secretary for Railways till 1932 and then as Minister for Transport till the government's defeat in the 1932 state election.

Godfrey Morgan Jnr, an Australasian amateur lightweight boxing champion, served as the chairman of Murilla Shire from 1936 to 1946. In 1971, he authored his autobiography entitled We are borne as a river: My first seventy years where among other things, he detailed his and his family's involvement in politics.

Methuen Morgan was elected as a councillor on Murilla Shire Council in 1933, and became deputy chairman in 1943.

A monument commemorating the achievements of Godfrey Morgan and his sons Godfrey Morgan Jnr and Methuen Morgan was officially unveiled at the Miles Historical Village on 3 September 1983 by Murilla Shire chairman Duncan Sturrock.