Henry Buckley (21 June 1813 – 14 April 1888) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the

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for two terms between 1856 and 1859 and after the creation of the separate colony of

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he became a member of the

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Early life

Buckley was born in

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, Northern England, and was the son of a wool merchant. He was educated at a Moravian Boys' School in Fairfield near

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and emigrated to Sydney in 1834. He initially worked as a merchant but soon made a substantial fortune and purchased pastoral land near

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. He moved to

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in 1849 and continued to act as a merchant and as an agent for insurance firms.

Colonial Parliament

The area which is now Queensland was part of New South Wales when responsible self-government was initially granted to that colony in 1856. At the first

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for the

Buckley won the seat of Stanley County which was based on the hinterland of Brisbane. He retained the seat at the

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election but the seat was abolished prior to the

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election, which Buckley did not contest. However, at the first elections held after Queensland became a separate colony in 1860, he won the seat of East Moreton in the

.Former members
—

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. Retrieved 14 January 2015. He resigned from parliament later that year to become Queensland's Auditor-general. Buckley died in 1888 and was buried in

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.Buckley Henry
— Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 9 September 2012.

Street name

A number of street names in the Brisbane suburb of Carina Heights are identical to the surnames of former Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. One of these is Buckley Street.

References

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