|
Name |
Brookman,
William Gordon |
|
Date
of Birth |
8 August
1859 |
|
Place
of Birth |
Prospect,
SA |
|
Date
of Death |
5
January 1910 |
|
Place
of Death |
Prospect
SA |
|
Place
of Burial |
North
Road Cemetery, Nailsworth |
|
Arrived
in South Australia (date/ship etc.) |
|
|
Lived
in Prospect (dates) |
From birth 1863 to June 1893. Returned 1904. |
|
Addresses
in Prospect |
"Kelvin
Lodge", 3 Daphne St, Prospect
(parents’ home) |
|
Names
of houses (if any) |
|
|
Parents |
Third son of Benjamin Brookman,
government stamp-printer and Jane, née Wilson |
|
Spouse(s) |
Anne Kinder, née Flynn |
|
Date(s)
of Marriage(s) |
|
|
Place(s)
of Marriage(s) |
|
|
Children |
|
|
Occupation(s) |
Foodstuffs
manufacturer General
merchant Goldminer
and Goldmine owner Liberal/conservative
politician Mayor
of Perth WA 1900-1901 MLC Perth
WA 29 Aug 1900 - 15 Dec 1903 Public
servant 1875-1880 |
|
Interests |
|
|
Religion/Churches
|
Member of the Young Men's
Society, Brougham Place Congregational Church |
|
Notes
(points of interest etc.) |
Educated
at Whinham College. Although
securing the investment of £35 million and fifty-two mines in Western
Australia, was declared bankrupt, lost his Lord Mayor of Perth seat (the only capital city mayor omitted from the honours
list on the opening of the Federal parliament) with his last appearance in
the Legislative Council on 29 September 1903. |
|
Sources
of information |
R. O.
Giles, 'Brookman, William Gordon (1859–1910)', Australian Dictionary of
Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/brookman-william-gordon-5376/text9097. |
|
Principal
Researcher(s) |
Kristina
Barnett |