Richard Machattie
Politician and surveyor in New South Wales, Australia
About Richard Machattie
Lived 1843 – 1902 (aged 58–59). Richard Machattie was a politician, surveyor and pastoralist.
Richard Randolph Machattie (7 December 1843 – 27 December 1902) was an Australian politician.
Machattie was born at Bathurst, a son of the medical doctor Richard Machattie, for whom the park in Bathurst was named. He attended Bathurst Grammar School. He became a government surveyor, in the Carcoar and Bathurst districts. In 1882 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Bourke, but he was defeated in 1885. A squatter at Brewarrina from 1884, the 1890s drought forced him to abandon his properties. Machattie died at Bathurst in 1902.
The doctor Thomas Alfred Machattie (22 February 1855 – 1928) was a brother.
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Who was Richard Machattie?
Politician and surveyor in New South Wales, Australia
When was Richard Machattie born?
Richard Machattie was born in 1843 in Bathurst.
When did Richard Machattie die?
Richard Machattie died on 27 December 1902 in Bathurst.
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Richard Machattie was a politician, surveyor and pastoralist.
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