William Thorn (3 September 1852 – 1 February 1935) was a grazier and politician in

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, Australia. He was a

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Early life

William Thorn was born in September 1852 in

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, the son of

George Thorn George Henry Thorn (junior) (12 October 1838 – 15 January 1905) was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and a Premier of Queensland, Australia. Early life George Thorn was born in Sydney, a son of George Thorn (senior) and ...

and his wife Jane, née Hancock.

Politics

William Thorn was elected to the

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in the

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from 1894 to 1904 and again from 1908 to 1912. The former Wilthorn railway station in Kelvinhaugh on the Cooyar railway line was named after him.

Later life

William Thorn died on 1 February 1935 at his son's pastoral property ''Milford Rocks'', Crows Nest, Queensland and was buried in

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.Thorn William
—

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References

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* — description of the Milford Rocks property in 2011 {{DEFAULTSORT:Thorn, William Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Burials in Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery 1852 births 1935 deaths Colony of Queensland people