Background
He was born at Jericho in Van Diemen"s Land to Robert and Harriet Jones.
He was born at Jericho in Van Diemen"s Land to Robert and Harriet Jones.
He worked with the Hobart Mercury in Tasmania before moving to Melbourne, where he studied to be an Anglican priest.
Around 1860 he moved to New South Wales, managing a station near Wagga Wagga before acquiring his own property in 1866. He had extensive property in the Lachlan and Bogan districts, and also established the Wagga Wagga Advertiser. In 1882 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Murrumbidgee, but he did not re-contest in 1885.
Jones died at Young in 1887.