Thomas Osborne (Australian journalist)

Thomas Hamilton Osborne (c.1806 – 28 May 1853) was a journalist and politician in colonial Victoria (Australia).[1]

Osborne studied Natural Philosophy, Belfast.[1] Mercer[further explanation needed] was elected to the district of Belfast and Warrnambool in the inaugural Victorian Legislative Council in October 1851.[2]

Osborne resigned from the Council in December 1852.[1] He was editor and proprietor of the Belfast Gazette.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Thomas Hamilton Osborne". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023.
  2. ^ Labilliere, Francis Peter. Early History of the Colony of Victoria. Vol. II.
  3. ^ "Thomas Hamilton Osborne, Esq". Geelong Advertiser and Intelligencer. 11 June 1853. p. 2. Retrieved 24 August 2014 – via Trove.

 

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