About John Higham
Lived 1856 – 1927 (aged 70–71). John Higham was an Australian politician.
John Joseph Higham (1856–1927) was the Western Australian Legislative Assembly Member for Fremantle from 1896 to 1904.
Higham was born in Fremantle to parents John Henry and Mary Higham, who had recently arrived in the Swan River Colony. He attended Fremantle Boys' School under George Bland Humble, Bishop Hale's School, and then the Camden Collegiate School in Sydney.
In 1882 Higham married Edith Elizabeth Bateman; they had five sons and one daughter.
In 1890 he was elected a West Ward councillor of Fremantle.
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Who was John Higham?
Australian politician
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John Higham was born in 1856.
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John Higham died on 23 July 1927.
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John Higham was a politician.
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John Higham was Australian.
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