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Edward Palmer, squatter, public servant and conservative Queensland politician was a member of the Legislative Assembly for Burke 1883 to 1888, member for Carpentaria 1888-1893 and Flinders from 1889 to 1896. He was a supporter of Thomas McIlwraith, best known as the author of Early Days in North Queensland.

Frederick Woolnough Paterson, politician, activist, unionist and lawyer, was the only member of the Communist Party of Australia to be elected to a parliament in Australia. Wikipedia entry  Australian Dictionary of Biography  Fred Paterson — The People’s Champion  A Communist in parliament: the story of Fred Paterson

E.H. Thornburgh Plant, Charters Towers mining entrepreneur  Wikipedia entry  Australian Dictionary of Biography

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