Background
LOCKYER, Nicholas Colston was born on October 6, 1855 in Sydney. Son of Edmund Lockyer, His (or Her) Majesty 57th Regiment, of Wenbury, Plymouth, Founder and First Commandant, 1820, of Western Australia.
LOCKYER, Nicholas Colston was born on October 6, 1855 in Sydney. Son of Edmund Lockyer, His (or Her) Majesty 57th Regiment, of Wenbury, Plymouth, Founder and First Commandant, 1820, of Western Australia.
Lyceum Academy, Sydney, New South Wales.
Entered State Treasury, New South Wales, 1868. Successively Clerk, Inspector, Receiver, Accountant, 1896. Appointed Chief Commissioner of Taxation and Collector of Customs.
Transferred to Commonwealth, 1901. Imperial Service Order; Justice of the Peace; Acting Comptroller-General of Customs, Commonwealth of Australia.
Club : Australian Pioneers.
Rowing; golf; fishing.