Frederick Augustus Morgan, 1837–1894 (aged 57 years)
- Name
- Frederick Augustus /Morgan/
- Given names
- Frederick Augustus
- Surname
- Morgan
- Nickname
- Fred
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Birth
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Residence
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Note: The family moved to Bathurst from Sydney. |
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Occupation
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Note: While at Bathurst, Fred worked in a butcher shop and he became a keen prospector. When his parents moved to Tenterfield in 1856, he worked as a butcher there and developed a great interest in horse-racing. In 1863, he became the first licensed auctioneer in Tenterfield. |
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Marriage
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Occupation
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Note: Fred and his wife left Tenterfield in 1866 and went to live at Warwick, Queensland, where Fred opened his own butchershop. With brother Tom, he mined for tin at Stanthorpe and with D. Budgen, licensee of the Criterion Hotel at Warwick, worked a gold mine at Thanes Creek, north-west of Warwick. He also kept stables, his horse "Thyra" winning the Glen Innis Cup in 1877. Fred and his wife left Tenterfield in 1866 and went to live at Warwick, Queensland, where Fred opened his own butchershop. With brother Tom, he mined for tin at Stanthorpe and with D. Budgen, licensee of the Criterion Hotel at Warwick, worked a gold mine at Thanes Creek, north-west of Warwick. He also kept stables, his horse "Thyra" winning the Glen Innis Cup in 1877. Fred moved to Rockhampton, Queensland, in 1879, staying at the Criterion Hotel (originally named the "Bush Inn"), on the corner of Fitzroy and Quay Streets, near the Fitzroy River and eventually purchased the license of the hotel. Fred recognised Rockhampton's future and encouraged Tom and Edwin (Ned) to come to Rockhampton. Tom and Ned joined Fred in Rockhampton in 1881 and assisted Fred in managing the Galawa Mine, the lease of which Fred had taken up at Mount Wheeler on the Cawarral gold-field, in 1881. Tom took up the license of the European Hotel briefly in 1882. Fred also became a share-holder in the Mount Wheeler Gold Mining Company, formed to mine the Belemji and John Bull reefs, in December 1881. When the Morgans learnt of MacKinlay's discovery of gold in Ironstone Mountain (later renamed Mount Morgan), they registered a claim on the mountain on the 22nd July 1882. Needing extra capital to develop the mine, Fred wrote to Thomas Skarrat Hall (a Rockhampton bank manager) offering half shares in the mine to anyone who would invest £1200 in the venture. Hall, William Knox D'Arcy (solicitor) and William Pattison (grazier) raised £2000 and became partners with the Morgans in the mine. One condition imposed by Fred was that Edwin (Ned) was to be manager of the mine. The Morgan Brothers sold all their shares in the mine in 1884, and severed connections with the Mount Morgan Mine. Frederick Augustus Morgan went to live in Rockhampton and built a house "Avonleigh" in Quay Street. He took an active part in the business and civic affairs of the town. He acquired the Canal Creek and Targinee cattle runs, a farm "Lionleigh" near Rockhampton and had a boiling down works. He stood for the Queensland Parliament in 1890 but failed to win the seat. He became a member of the Rockhampton Municipal Council and was Mayor for three years from 1891 - 1894. |
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Death
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Address: 'Avoneligh' |
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Burial
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Cemetery: Church of England Cemetery |
| father |
1807–1886
Birth: 1807
— London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom Death: May 25, 1886 — Randwick, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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| mother |
1821–1876
Birth: about 1821
30
Death: October 15, 1876 — Woolloomooloo, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Marriage | Marriage — April 24, 1851 — Bathurst, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia |
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-14 years
himself |
1837–1894
Birth: June 2, 1837
30
16
— Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: November 8, 1894 — Rockhampton, Capricorn Coast, Queensland, Australia |
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8 years
younger brother |
1845–1903
Birth: June 7, 1845
38
24
— Bathurst, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia Death: March 17, 1903 — Randwick, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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2 years
younger brother |
1847–1916
Birth: August 27, 1847
40
26
— Bathurst, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia Death: September 18, 1916 — Albion, Queensland, Australia |
| himself |
1837–1894
Birth: June 2, 1837
30
16
— Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: November 8, 1894 — Rockhampton, Capricorn Coast, Queensland, Australia |
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| Marriage | Marriage — 1864 — Tenterfield, Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia |
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2 years
son |
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| Residence |
The family moved to Bathurst from Sydney. |
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| Occupation |
While at Bathurst, Fred worked in a butcher shop and he became a keen prospector. When his parents moved to Tenterfield in 1856, he worked as a butcher there and developed a great interest in horse-racing. In 1863, he became the first licensed auctioneer in Tenterfield. |
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Fred and his wife left Tenterfield in 1866 and went to live at Warwick, Queensland, where Fred opened his own butchershop. With brother Tom, he mined for tin at Stanthorpe and with D. Budgen, licensee of the Criterion Hotel at Warwick, worked a gold mine at Thanes Creek, north-west of Warwick. He also kept stables, his horse "Thyra" winning the Glen Innis Cup in 1877. Fred moved to Rockhampton, Queensland, in 1879, staying at the Criterion Hotel (originally named the "Bush Inn"), on the corner of Fitzroy and Quay Streets, near the Fitzroy River and eventually purchased the license of the hotel. Fred recognised Rockhampton's future and encouraged Tom and Edwin (Ned) to come to Rockhampton. Tom and Ned joined Fred in Rockhampton in 1881 and assisted Fred in managing the Galawa Mine, the lease of which Fred had taken up at Mount Wheeler on the Cawarral gold-field, in 1881. Tom took up the license of the European Hotel briefly in 1882. Fred also became a share-holder in the Mount Wheeler Gold Mining Company, formed to mine the Belemji and John Bull reefs, in December 1881. When the Morgans learnt of MacKinlay's discovery of gold in Ironstone Mountain (later renamed Mount Morgan), they registered a claim on the mountain on the 22nd July 1882. Needing extra capital to develop the mine, Fred wrote to Thomas Skarrat Hall (a Rockhampton bank manager) offering half shares in the mine to anyone who would invest £1200 in the venture. Hall, William Knox D'Arcy (solicitor) and William Pattison (grazier) raised £2000 and became partners with the Morgans in the mine. One condition imposed by Fred was that Edwin (Ned) was to be manager of the mine. The Morgan Brothers sold all their shares in the mine in 1884, and severed connections with the Mount Morgan Mine. Frederick Augustus Morgan went to live in Rockhampton and built a house "Avonleigh" in Quay Street. He took an active part in the business and civic affairs of the town. He acquired the Canal Creek and Targinee cattle runs, a farm "Lionleigh" near Rockhampton and had a boiling down works. He stood for the Queensland Parliament in 1890 but failed to win the seat. He became a member of the Rockhampton Municipal Council and was Mayor for three years from 1891 - 1894. |