Richard Hill (Australian politician)

Richard Hill (22 September 1810 19 August 1895) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Parramatta to William Hill and Mary Johnson, both emancipated convicts. He was a carpenter's apprentice and by the late 1820s was managing William Wentworth's Vaucluse estate. He later became a butcher and also owned an orchard at Lane Cove. In 1848 he acquired 76,000 acres on the Liverpool Plains. In 1868 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Canterbury, where he remained until his defeat in 1877. In 1880 he was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council. On 27 January 1883 he married Henrietta Cox; they had eleven children. A close supporter of Henry Parkes, he was a founding member of the Aborigines Protection Board in 1883. Hill died in Sydney in 1895.[1]

References

  1. "Mr Richard Hill (1810 - 1895)". Former Members. Parliament of New South Wales. 2008. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
James Pemell
Member for Canterbury
1868–1877
Served alongside: Oatley/Stephen/Lucas
Succeeded by
Henry Parkes
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