Westgarth, William, 1815-1889
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Name (Latin)
Westgarth, William, 1815-1889
Date of birth
1815-06-15
Date of death
1889-10-28
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Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, 2011:volume 97, issue 2, pages 161-180 (article title: 'No common corrobery': the Robert Burns festivals and identity politics in Melbourne, 1845-59 [by] Alex Tyrrell ; discusses Melbourne authors and editors William Kerr, Thomas McCombie and William Westgarth)
- His Victoria, 1853.
Wikipedia description:
William Westgarth (15 June 1815 – 28 October 1889) was a Scottish-born merchant, historian, statistician and politician in Australia. Westgarth was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council and, later, the Victorian Legislative Council. William Westgarth born at Edinburgh. toJohn Westgarth and his wife Christian, née Thomson. Westgarth arrived in Melbourne on 13 December 1840. Westgarth resigned his seat on the Victorian Legislative Council in April 1853.
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