Education
Born in Kingston, Victoria, he was educated at Street Arnaud Grammar School and then the University of Melbourne before becoming an engineer
politician member of the Australian Senate
Born in Kingston, Victoria, he was educated at Street Arnaud Grammar School and then the University of Melbourne before becoming an engineer
He moved to Western Australia in 1896, becoming a public servant. He sat on Kalgoorlie Council, of which he was mayor in 1900, and was a leading federalist. In 1901, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Free Trade Senator for Western Australia, holding the seat until his retirement in 1906.
He then became involved in Government Service in Papua, where in 1907 he was appointed Director of Agriculture and Mines.
In 1910-1911, he led an expedition into the interior, where he and his party were lost and feared dead for several weeks. During the First World War he served in the military from 1916 to 1918, for which he was awarded an Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire. On his return to Australia he briefly served as acting Administrator of the Northern Territory for 1919-1921, before resuming his involvement with Papua as Commissioner for Crown Lands, Mines and Agriculture.
After retiring from government service in 1930, he took up farming at Boyup Brook in Western Australia, where he died in 1934.
