About William Bower Dawes
Lived 1807 – 1869 (aged 61–62). William Bower Dawes was a British politician, miller, manager and farmer.
William Bower Dawes (c. 1807 – 3 August 1869) was a farmer in the colony of South Australia, and member of the first fully elected House of Assembly.
Dawes was a farmer in the Nairne district, then partner with Samuel Stocks jnr. in the district's first flour mill.
He was one of the councillors when the District Council of Nairne was proclaimed in 1853. He served as the first Member of the House of Assembly for the seat of Onkaparinga in association with (later Sir) William Milne from March 1857. He resigned in November 1857 after a series of financial reverses. He took a position as manager of a mine at Kanmantoo,
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South Australian politician (1807–1869)
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William Bower Dawes was born in 1807.
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William Bower Dawes died on 3 August 1869.
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William Bower Dawes was a politician, miller, manager and farmer.
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William Bower Dawes was British.
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