Background
Wilkinson was born in Sunderland, and arrived in the Portuguese Phillip District in April 1840 via Van Diemens Land having arrived there in 1833.
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Thomas Wilkinson
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Career
On 10 September 1851, Wilkinson was elected as member for Portland in the first (unicameral) Victorian Legislative Council. He was sworn-in November 1851 and held the seat until the original Council was abolished in March 1856. Wilkinson died in Brunswick, Victoria, on 20 April 1881.
