Charles_Stevens_(Australian_politician)

Charles Stevens (Australian politician)

Charles Stevens (Australian politician)

English-born Australian politician

Charles James Stevens (1823 – 18 November 1883) was an English-born Australian politician.

He was born in Kent, the son of an Anglican clergyman. He migrated to New South Wales around 1863 and worked as a mine manager at Newcastle. In 1874 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Northumberland.[1] He left the colony on an expedition to recover valuable property, including 2,576 ounces of gold, from the General Grant, which wrecked off Auckland Island in 1866.[2] As he hadn't returned, in June 1877 he was declared insolvent,[3] and his seat in parliament was declared vacant.[4]

Stevens died at Newcastle in 1883 (aged 60).[1][5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Mr Charles James Stevens (1823-1883)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Insolvency court". The Sydney Morning Herald. 23 June 1877. p. 7. Retrieved 6 June 2021 – via Trove.
  3. [3]
    "Insolvency court". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 June 1877. p. 8. Retrieved 6 June 2021 – via Trove.
  4. [4]
    "Legislative Assembly". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 July 1877. p. 4. Retrieved 6 June 2021 – via Trove.
  5. [5]
    "Deaths: Stevens". The Sydney Morning Herald. 20 November 1883. p. 1. Retrieved 6 June 2021 – via Trove.

 

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