William Murray Thompson was a railway contractor and politician in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He was Mayor of Brisbane in 1907. [1]
William Thompson was born at Tyrrell, in Cumberland, England in 1841. [1]
He travelled to the gold diggings of New Zealand in the early 1860s and later travelled to Brisbane when gold was discovered in Gympie. [1]
He was a successful railway contractor. [2] [1]
He died on Friday 30 August 1912 at his home. [1]
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