Background
Oscar John de Satge was born on 20 November 1836 in Lausanne, Switzerland, the son of Ernest Valentine, first vicomte de Satgé de Street Jean, and his wife Caroline (née Sparkes).
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Oscar John de Satge was born on 20 November 1836 in Lausanne, Switzerland, the son of Ernest Valentine, first vicomte de Satgé de Street Jean, and his wife Caroline (née Sparkes).
He attended school at Rugby School from 1849 to 1952.
In May 1853, he immigrated to Melbourne, Australia, on the Essex. On 29 January 1869, Robert Travers Atkin, member for Clermont, resigned. On 4 March 1869, Oscar de Satge was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly at the resulting by-election, defeating Charles Hardie Buzacott, the proprietor of the local newspaper, the Peak Downs Telegram.
He held that seat only until he resigned on 4 April 1870.
However, only a few months later, at the next state election on 6 September 1870, Oscar de Satge was re-elected in the seat on 6 September 1870, which he held until he resigned again on 9 April 1872. On 4 November 1873, he was elected again, this time in the electoral district of Normanby.
He held this seat until he resigned on 20 March 1877. On 30 December 1880, Boyd Dunlop Morehead, the member for Mitchell, was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council.
He held this seat until he resigned on 5 April 1882.
In 1882, de Satge retired to England. In 1883, 1888 and 1893, he visited Australia to inspect his properties. In 1901, he published a book of his experiences until the title Pages from the journal of a Queensland squatter.
He dedicated his book to Robert Herbert, the first Queensland Premier.
The book has been digitised and made available for public download by the Open Library. He died on 26 September 1906 at his residence, Elysee, Shorncliffe Road, Folkestone.
His estate was valued at £443.
He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.