John William Hetherington (1860 – 17 July 1929) was a miner and politician in

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, Australia. He was

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in 1910 and 1916-1917. He was born in Brancepath, Durham, North England in 1860. In 1906 he was elected a member of the Brisbane City Council for Kangaroo Point, and he was three times Mayor of Brisbane, being appointed by the Governor-in-Council in 1910, and by his fellow aldermen in 1916 and 1917. He was very involved in the mining industry: as a coal miner,

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, inventor of safety equipment and in opening new coalfields.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hetherington, John William Mayors and Lord Mayors of Brisbane 1860 births 1929 deaths British emigrants