About William Burnley
Born 1813. William Burnley was a politician.
William Burnley (c.1813 – 21 June 1860) was a politician in colonial Victoria (Australia), and was a member of the Victorian Legislative Council.
Burnley was born in Thorpe Arch, Yorkshire, and arrived in the area known then as the Port Phillip District of New South Wales around 1839.
The Melbourne suburb of Burnley is named after him.
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