Charles Windeyer (1 July 1780 – 30 January 1855) was an Australian magistrate who held a variety of public positions and was later appointed by Governor

George Gipps Sir George Gipps (23 December 1790 – 28 February 1847) was the Governor of New South Wales, Governor of the British Colony of New South Wales for eight years, between 1838 and 1846. His governorship oversaw a tumultuous period where the rights ...

as the first

Mayor of Sydney The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of Sydney is the head of the Council of the City of Sydney, which is the local government area covering the central business district of Sydney in the State of New South Wales, Australia. The Lord Mayor has be ...

. He was the father of barrister and politician Richard Windeyer and grandfather of politician and judge

William Charles Windeyer Sir William Charles Windeyer (29 September 1834 – 11 September 1897) was an Australians, Australian politician and judge. As a New South Wales politician he was responsible for the creation of Belmore Park (north of the new Central railway st ...

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Colonial Secretary's papers 1822-1877

State Library of Queensland State Library of Queensland (State Library) is the state public reference and research library of Queensland, Australia, operated by the Government of Queensland, state government. The Library is governed by the Library Board of Queensland, whi ...

- includes digitised letters and letters of deposition written by Windeyer to the

Colonial Secretary of New South Wales Colonial or The Colonial may refer to: * Colonial, of, relating to, or characteristic of a colony or colony (biology) Architecture * American colonial architecture * French colonial architecture * Spanish colonial architecture Automobiles * Col ...

1780 births 1855 deaths Mayors and lord mayors of Sydney Australian people of Swiss-German descent 19th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-mayor-stub