Background
He was born in London to farmer Daniel Cluttenbuck Poole and Eliza Quiddington.
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William Poole
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Career
He worked as a railway contractor from a young age and in 1851 was shipwrecked, penniless, in South Australia. He worked on New South Wales railways and settled in Sydney. He worked as a district surveyor and also owned a sugar mill at Kempsey.
In 1880 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for South Sydney, serving until his defeat in 1885.
In 1891 he was elected to Redfern council, of which he was mayor from 1895 to 1896. Poole died at Redfern in 1902.
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Nationality
English