Wilson, James Lockie (1880 - 1956)

Summary

James Wilson and his partner P.J.C. McDouall founded a Hereford stud in 1919 and a Poll Hereford stud in 1936. He was an executive member of the United Graziers' Association for 27 years and chaired its cattle committee, which opposed the introduction into Queensland of tropical Zebu cattle by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in 1933. Wilson was also Calliope Shire councillor for over 20 years and president of the Gladstone Show Society. He was educated at Hawkesbury Agricultural College in Richmond, New South Wales.

Details

Chronology

1899 - 1901

Career position - Served in the Boer War

1905

Career position - Purchased Calliope station, near Gladstone in Queensland with P.J.C. McDouall

1912 -

Career position - Director of the Port Curtis Co-operative Dairy Association Ltd

1914 - 1942

Career position - Member of the Gladstone Harbour Board

1916 - 1919

Career position - Served with the 11th Battalion of the Australian Imperial Force

1919

Career position - Bought Calliungal, Rannes and Balcomba stations with McDouall and founded a Hereford stud

1923 - 1924

Career position - Chairman, Port Curtis Co-operative Dairy Association Ltd

1936

Career position - Founder of the Central Coastal Graziers' Association

1936

Career position - Founded a Poll Hereford stud

1948 - 1951

Career position - President, Royal National Association

1955

Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Published resources

Book Sections

• McDonald, Lorna, 'Wilson, James Lockie (1880-1956)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1990), p. 525. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120590b.htm. Details

Resources

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24218713. Details
• 'Wilson, James Lockie (18800829-19561113)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1469718. Details