Background
Rusden was the son of an Anglican clergyman who migrated to New South Wales and was appointed to a chaplaincy in Maitland in 1835.
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Thomas Rusden
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Career
After a liberal education under his father"s tutorship, Rusden squatted in the New England district and by 1844 he had acquired substantial property including 60,000 acres of pastoral land in the Shannon Vale area near Glen Innes. In 1855, prior to the establishment of responsible self-government, Rusden was elected to the Legislative Council. He represented the electorate of New England and Macleay until the granting of responsible self-government in 1856.
Subsequently, at the first election under the new constitution he was elected to the Legislative Assembly as one of the two members for the same seat.
Rusden was defeated at the next election in 1858. He did not hold a ministerial or parliamentary position.
He was unsuccessful in four attempts to regain the seat.
Membership
He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 1855 and 1856 and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for one term between 1856 and 1857.
