Person

Madden, Frank (1847 - 1921)

Born
29 November 1847
Cork, Ireland
Died
17 February 1921
Kew, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Judge and Parliamentarian

Summary

(Sir) Frank Madden was an attorney and Parliamentarian, who experimented in growing grasses on his properties. He published a pamphlet, "Grass Lands of Victoria", in 1895. Educated in law at the University of Melbourne, Madden was admitted as an attorney in1869 and soon afterwards founded the legal firm Madden & Butler. He then successfully stood for election to the Legislative Assembly in 1894 and remained in office until 1917. Madden was a foundation president of the (Royal) Historical Society of Victoria and a member of the Field Naturalists' Club from 1902.

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Chronology

1869
Career position - Admitted as an attorney
1894 - 1917
Career position - Member for Eastern Suburbs (after 1904 Booroondara) in the Legislative Assembly
1895
Career position - Grass Lands of Victoria published
1911
Award - Knighted

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