John Myles (21 June 1813 – 12 July 1893) was a politician in colonial Victoria (Australia), a member of the Victorian Legislative Council and later, the Victorian Legislative Assembly. [1]
Victoria is a state in south-eastern Australia. Victoria is Australia's smallest mainland state and its second-most populous state overall, thus making it the most densely populated state overall. Most of its population lives concentrated in the area surrounding Port Phillip Bay, which includes the metropolitan area of its state capital and largest city, Melbourne, Australia's second-largest city. Victoria is bordered by Bass Strait and Tasmania to the south, New South Wales to the north, the Tasman Sea to the east, and South Australia to the west.
The Victorian Legislative Council (VLC) is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria, Australia; the lower house being the Legislative Assembly. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The Legislative Council serves as a house of review, in a similar fashion to its federal counterpart, the Australian Senate. Although it is possible for legislation to be first introduced in the Council, most bills receive their first hearing in the Legislative Assembly.
The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria in Australia; the upper house being the Victorian Legislative Council. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne.
Myles was born in Limerick, Ireland, and with his brother, George Myles came out to Sydney c.1839. [1] Henry Parfitt, M.L.A., was a passenger in the same vessel. After staying a few months in Sydney the two brothers went to New Zealand, and settled at Kororareka – a town on the Bay of Islands, and one of the earliest British settlements in New Zealand. The country was very mountainous, the climate wet, and the life very rough, and they removed to what was then known as the Port Phillip District of New South Wales. After a short stay in Melbourne they finally decided to settle down at Geelong. They built a store, and commenced business in Corio street, which was then the principal business street of the little town. After several years, as the town extended, they built new premises at the corner of Moorabool and Ryrie streets, known for many years after as Myles's corner. Then the rush to the gold diggings at Ballarat took place, and Geelong was deserted by nearly all its male population The two brothers went too, but were unsuccessful. John Myles sold out his business, and invested his means in the building of a number of shops and houses in Geelong. He took an active part in the early constitutional struggles, and in every movement for the advancement of the colony and of the district in which he lived. [2]
The Port Phillip District was a historical administrative division of the Colony of New South Wales, which existed from September 1836 until 1 July 1851, when it was separated from New South Wales and became the Colony of Victoria.
Geelong is a port city located on Corio Bay and the Barwon River, in the state of Victoria, Australia. Geelong is 75 kilometres (47 mi) south-west of the state capital, Melbourne. It is the second largest Victorian city, with an estimated urban population of 192,393 as of June 2016.
Ballarat is a city located on the Yarrowee River in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia. The city has a population of 101,588.
Myles was a member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Grant from December 1852 until the original Council was abolished in March 1856. [1] Myles was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the Electoral district of South Grant from November 1856 to July 1861. [1]
The Electoral district of Grant was one of the sixteen electoral districts of the original unicameral Victorian Legislative Council (Australia) of 1851 to 1856.
South Grant was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1856 to 1877.
Myles died in Durham Ox, Victoria on 12 July 1893. [1]
Durham Ox is a small rural locality in the Shire of Loddon in Victoria, Australia. It is situated near the Serpentine Creek, a tributary of the Loddon River. This is a highly valuable natural resource to both the local tourism and agricultural economies.
| Victorian Legislative Council | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by John Mercer | Member for Grant December 1852 – March 1856 With: William Haines 1853–54 Horatio Wills 1855–56 | Original Council abolished |
| Victorian Legislative Assembly | ||
| New title | Member for South Grant November 1856 – July 1861 With: William Haines 1856–58 John Bell 1859 Peter Lalor 1859–61 Horatio Wills 1856–59 James Carr 1859–61 | Succeeded by William McCann Michael Cummins |
