Background
He was born in Perth to carpenter William Kethel and Mary Watson.
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Alexander Kethel
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After a limited education, he was apprenticed to a shoemaker and then went to sea, travelling in the North Sea and the Mediterranean before arriving in Sydney.
Career
Here he worked as a timber merchant and eventually a ship owner. A Free Trader, he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1885 for West Sydney. Re-elected in 1887, he did not re-contest in 1889.
In 1895 he was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council, where he remained until his death at Castle Hill in 1916.
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Nationality
Scottish