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Electorates
- MLC Gascoyne 20 May 1886 (by-election)–21 October 1890
- MLA Gascoyne 27 November 1890–28 April 1897
- MLC North Province 22 May 1904–8 December 1909
Conventions
- Member Federation Convention 1897
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Personal Information |
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27 August 1848 |
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Bunbury, Western Australia |
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4 December 1909 |
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St George's Terrace, Perth, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, WA |
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Son of Robert John, resident magistrate, and Mary Ann Berckelman
Brother of Horace William Sholl, farmer and politician |
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Married to Elizabeth Cosgrove, daughter of Thomas
Children: two sons and two daughters |
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Church of England |
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Perth public school and Mr Sherwood’s high school
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Pearler and businessperson |
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Spent three years as a jackaroo on Yandanooka sheep station in the Irwin district 1868 to Roebourne district
Launched pearling enterprise at Nickol Bay with his brother Horace William, but after a few years relinquished their interests including Marron station in the Gascoyne
Member of original syndicate of Kimberley Pastoral Company
Speculated in gold mining, financed Lady Shenton Mine which led to opening of Menzies goldfields, also director of Fraser Mine in Southern Cross
Property investor, director Perth Brickworks and Perth Iceworks Company |
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Lived in London for several years around turn of the twentieth century |
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D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2010, p. 180. |
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G. C. Bolton, 'Sholl, Robert Frederick (1848–1909)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/sholl-robert-frederick-8422/text14797, published first in hardcopy 1988, accessed online 11 January 2016. |