Michael Fitzpatrick (16 December 1816 – 10 December 1881) was a politician in colonial

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, Australia. Fitzpatrick was born at

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and educated at a Roman Catholic school and at the Australian College, where he entered in January 1832, and carried off the highest prizes. After acting as tutor at the Normal Institution, he became a clerk in the Lands Department of New South Wales in October 1837, first-class clerk in 1846, and clerk of the Executive Council in 1851. Fitzpatrick was selected as the first under secretary for Lands and Works in 1856, on the introduction of responsible government. When these departments were divided, he held the office of under secretary for Lands until 1869, when he retired on a pension. Fitzpatrick was member for Yass Plains in the

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from 20 December 1869 to 10 December 1881 and colonial secretary in the

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from 18 December 1877 to 20 December 1878.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fitzpatrick, Michael 1816 births 1881 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 19th-century Australian politicians 19th-century Australian public servants