Background
Forlonge was born in Scotland, the son of John and Eliza Forlonge.
Forlonge was born in Scotland, the son of John and Eliza Forlonge.
John joined his family in 1828. The sheep were shipped to Hull and were driven from there to Liverpool where they sailed, with William, for Sydney in the Clansman. William Forlonge arrived in Hobart Town in November 1829 and decided to stay there.
He was eventually granted 1,500 acres (610 ha) of land near Campbell Town.
In 1851, William purchased the Seven Creeks property in Euroa. In October 1854 Forlonge was elected to the unicameral Victorian Legislative Council for Villiers and Heytesbury, becoming a spokesman for squatters.
Forlonge died in Dubbo, New South Wales, on 15 September 1890.
Forlonge was a member of the Council until the original Council was abolished in March 1856. Forlonge became a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for The Murray in a by-election in January 1858 and resigned in January 1858. Forlonge settled in New South Wales in 1859, becoming a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Orange on 15 December 1864, a seat he held until 12 June 1867.