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Electorates
- Nominated MLC 18 December 1870–18 June 1886, 9 June 1887–21 October 1890
Office
- Surveyor-General 19 December 1870–5 January 1883
- Colonial Secretary 5 January 1883–28 December 1890
- Administrator of Western Australia 21 December 1889–19 October 1890
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Personal Information |
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1834 |
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Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom |
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17 August 1900 |
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Clifton, England, United Kingdom |
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1870 to WA |
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Son of William |
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Married 3 October 1861, St James’ Church, Lower Hutt, New Zealand to Elizabeth Riddiford (born circa 1841 and died 20 December 1896), daughter of Daniel and Amelia
Children: three sons and two daughters |
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Church of England |
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Surveyor |
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Surveyor in Auckland, New Zealand 1857-1859
District surveyor Native Land Purchase Department 1859–1863
District surveyor Canterbury West Gold Fields 1863–1867
Chief Surveyor Westland 1867–1869
Re-organised Survey Department
First Agent-General for WA in London April 1892–1898 |
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CMG (1881); KCMG (1897) |
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Won repute as naturalist
1874 represented WA at International Conference on Cable Duplication
1883 at Australasian Convention, Sydney
1886 at Colonial and Imperial Exhibition, London
1888 at Intercolonial Conference, Sydney
Retired to London 1890 |
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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, 2001, p.
FK Crowley, Forrest 1847-1918: Vol I, 1847-91, St Lucia, University of Queensland Press, 1971.
R Erickson, ed, The bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888, volume II, University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, WA, 1987.
Who Was Who, (1897–1915) |
Bibliography |
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F. K. Crowley, 'Fraser, Sir Malcolm (1834–1900)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/fraser-sir-malcolm-3570/text5521, published first in hardcopy 1972, accessed online 21 December 2015. |