Background
William Henry Baynes was born in 1833 in England.
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Career
In 1859 Baynes moved from Hawthorne, Victoria, to Brisbane, Queensland. He represented the District of Burnett in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, from 28 November 1878 to 1 October 1883. In 1881 he introduced a Selectors Relief Bill, which failed to pass.
In 1859 Baynes joined Isaac and Hugh Moore on Barambah station in the Burnett district and on Condamine Plains on the Darling Downs.
He was one of the pioneers of the meat-preserving industry and has seen the trade develop from its very beginning. He established a butchering business in South Brisbane in 1859 and expanded to wholesale trade.
The firm undertook meat preserving in leased premises at Queensport and had nearly 30 suburban shops as well as a plant at Belmont for fellmongering, wool scouring and soap making. In 1894 they registered the Graziers Butchering and Meat Export Company
Limited with power to take over the assets of the two older companies.
Baynes sons were bankrupt for a time but were discharged in March 1898 and immediately registered a new firm, Baynes Brothers George left the firm in 1899 and Ernest in 1912. Baynes died of acute meningitis on 4 September 1898, aged 66 years, whilst on business in Batavia, where he had just secured arrangements with the Netherlands India Company.
His body was brought back to Brisbane on the steamer, Duke of Buckingham to be buried in South Brisbane Cemetery, Plot 8B, grave 20A.
Membership
He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
