Person

Magarey, Thomas (1825 - 1902)

Born: 25 February 1825
County Down, Ireland
Died: 31 August 1902
Enfield, South Australia, Australia
Occupation: Pastoralist

Summary

Thomas Magarey was a miller and pastoralist who served as a Member of Parliament from 1857-1865. He learnt the milling trade in Ireland and came to Adelaide via New Zealand in 1845. There he worked as a miller and from 1849 as owner of the Hindmarsh flour-mill. For the last 30 years of his life he lived on his farm near Enfield, where he installed a telescope and studied the stars.

Children

Magarey, Alexander Thomas (1849 - 1906)

Related People

Magarey, Sylvanus James (1850 - 1901)
Sylvanus was the son of Thomas

Published resources

Book Sections

Taylor, Herbert R., 'Magarey, Thomas (1825-1902), miller and pastoralist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 2: 1788 - 1850 I-Z, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1967), pp. 197-198, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020165b.htm. Details

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7792117. Details
'Magarey, Thomas (1825-1902)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1465625. Details

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