About James Augustus Parker
Lived 1820 – 1899 (aged 78–79). James Augustus Parker was a politician.
James Augustus Parker (c. 1820 – 7 January 1899) was a miner, mill proprietor, and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Parker was born around 1820 to parents John Parker and his wife Rebecca.
When the member for the Queensland state seat of Burke, William Hodgkinson, resigned in 1875 to head up a government expedition, Parker won the subsequent by-election unopposed. Parker himself went on to resign the seat in June of the following year.
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Australian politician
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James Augustus Parker was born in 1820.
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James Augustus Parker died on 7 January 1899 in Jembaicumbene.
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James Augustus Parker was a politician.
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