Charles Melbourne

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Charles Melbourne
Member of the Queensland Legislative Council
In office
18 April 1878 18 August 1885
Personal details
Born
Charles Sydney Dick Melbourne

(1838-06-03)3 June 1838
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died23 September 1891(1891-09-23) (aged 53)
Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Resting place Rockhampton General Cemetery
SpouseSarah Jane Daly (m.1865)
Occupation Articled clerk

Charles Sydney Dick Melbourne (3 June 1838 - 23 September 1891) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Council. [1]

Melbourne was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in 1838 to Alexander Dick Melbourne and his wife Charlotte (née Hutchinson). [1]

He was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council in 1878 and served for seven years before resigning in 1885. Melbourne died in Rockhampton in 1891 [1] and was buried in Rockhampton General Cemetery. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  2. South Rockhampton Cemetery (Rockhampton General Cemetery) Index Archived 3 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine Rockhampton Regional Council. Retrieved 8 March 2015.