Edward David Stuart Ogilvie (25 July 1814 – 25 January 1896) was an

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-born

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man. He served as a member of the

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of the

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parliament. He built the renowned estate Yulgilbar.

Biography

He was born in

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to Mary and William Ogilvie, a

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officer of Clan Ogilvie. He and his family migrated to

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in 1825, and Ogilvie worked for his father on stations on the Upper

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and

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, developing a property called Yulgilbar along with his brother W. K. Ogilvie and C. G. Tindal, the son of his father's

colleague. By 1850, Yulgilbar was approximately 777 square kilometres in territory. Ogilvie befriended the local Aboriginals, employing them where they were willing and allowing them their land rights with respect to his. He began buying the territories that would be amalgamated as Yulgilbar from 1853, eventually bequeathing it to his children. In the 1860s, Ogilvie moved from sheep to cattle. Australian artist

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described Ogilvie as "The Chief, mentally alert, a military-type in mind and physique." Ogilvie had his 10 children by Theodosia de Burgh, who he married on 2 September 1858 and who died in 1886. He married Alicia Georgiana Loftus Tottenham on 21 December 1890. In 1863, he was appointed to the

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. His seat on the council was declared vacant on 27 February 1889 because he had been absent from the council for 2 continuous sessions. Ogilvie died at Fernside near

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in 1896. His granddaughter Jessie, Lady Street was a prominent

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activist who married into the Street dynasty. His great-great-granddaughter is

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Bridget Ogilvie Dame Bridget Margaret Ogilvie, (born 24 March 1938) is an Australian and British scientist. Education Ogilvie was born in 1938 at Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia, to John Mylne and Margaret Beryl (née McRae) Ogilvie. During her pri ...

, , (born 24 March 1938), a prominent

n scientist. His renowned estate Yulgilbar remained in his family until the 1920s when it was sold by his daughter and son-in-law. In 1949, it was acquired by

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and was passed by descent to his daughter Sarah Myer on his death is 1961.

References

Parliamentary papers

'Australian Royalty' profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ogilvie, Edward 1814 births 1896 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council People from Tottenham English emigrants to colonial Australia Australian pastoralists 19th-century Australian politicians 19th-century Australian businesspeople

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