Richard Randolph Machattie (1843 – 27 December 1902) was an Australian politician. He was born at Bathurst to a medical doctor, and he attended Bathurst Grammar School. He became a government surveyor, generally in the

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and Bathurst districts. In 1882 he was elected to the

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for Bourke, but he was defeated in 1885. A squatter at

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from 1884, the 1890s drought forced him to abandon his properties. Machattie died at Bathurst in 1902.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Machattie, Richard 1843 births 1902 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 19th-century Australian politicians