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John Morrice (1811 – 20 February 1875) was an Australian politician.


Personal life

He was born in
Jamaica Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...
to estate agent David Morrice and Anne White, and he was educated in England. He later settled at Berrima in
New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...
, and on 9 November 1838 married Jane Osborne, with whom he had twelve children.


Career

Morrice held land on the
Murrumbidgee River The Murrumbidgee River () is a major tributary of the Murray River within the Murray–Darling basin and the second longest river in Australia. It flows through the Australian state of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, desce ...
and cattle runs on the
Lachlan River The Lachlan River (Wiradjuri: ''Kalari'', ''Galiyarr'') is an intermittent river that is part of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, located in the Southern Tablelands, Central West, and Riverina regions of New Sou ...
, and during the gold rush was successful selling picks and shovels, becoming substantially wealthy. In 1860 he was elected to the
New South Wales Legislative Assembly The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House ...
for Camden, serving until his retirement in 1872.


Death

Morrice died at Marulan in 1875.


References

  1811 births 1875 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Colony of New South Wales politicians 19th-century Jamaican people {{Australia-politician-stub