Thomas Osborne (Australian journalist)

Thomas Hamilton Osborne (c.1806 – 28 May 1853) was a journalist and politician in colonial Victoria (Australia).[1]

Osborne studied Natural Philosophy, Belfast.[1] Mercer was elected to the district of Belfast and Warrnambool in the inaugural Victorian Legislative Council in October 1851.[2]

Osborne resigned from the Council in December 1852.[1] He was editor and proprietor of the Belfast Gazette.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Osborne, Thomas Hamilton". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria.
  2. ↑ Labilliere, Francis Peter. Early History of the Colony of Victoria II.
  3. ↑ "Thomas Hamilton Osborne, Esq.". Geelong Advertiser and Intelligencer (National Library of Australia). 11 June 1853. p. 2. Retrieved 24 August 2014.


Victorian Legislative Council
New creation Member for Belfast and Warrnambool
November 1851 – December 1852 		Succeeded by
Lauchlan Mackinnon
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