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| name = Henry Sallows Walsh | |||
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| birth_date = 1804<ref name="ReMemberVicParliament">Parliament of Victoria. ''Re-Member Profile - Henry Sallows Walsh''. 20 November 2018. https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/about/people-in-parliament/re-member/details/24/926, accessed: 11 February 2019</ref> | |||
| birth_place = [[wikipedia:Lewes, Sussex|Lewes, Sussex]], [[wikipedia:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]] | |||
| death_date = 8 July 1877 <small>(aged 73)</small> | |||
| death_place = 22 Shakespeare Grove, [[Hawthorn]]<ref name="CHSNewsletter2016">Mackie, Bill. ''Boroondara's Henry Walsh''. Camberwell Historical Society: 13 June 2016. http://www.chs.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Newsletter-2013-13-Jun.pdf, accessed: 11 February 2019</ref> | |||
| burial_place = [[wikipedia:Melbourne General Cemetery|Melbourne General Cemetery]]<ref name="CHSNewsletter2016" /><ref>Find a Grave. ''Henry S Walsh''. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193174797/henry-s-walsh, accessed: 11 February 2019</ref> | |||
| occupation = Watchmaker, jeweller | |||
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| parents = Thomas and Eliza<ref name="ReMemberVicParliament" /> | |||
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'''Henry Sallows Walsh''' was one of the nine inaugural members of the [[Boroondara Road District|Boroondara District Road Board]]. He also served as its first [[Chairman of the Boroondara District Roads Board|chair]] and in several other elected positions. | |||
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/154830676 | |||
https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/50481/download-report | |||
==Life== | |||
Walsh emigrated to the Port Phillip District (now known as Melbourne) in 1849. He began his own business as a jeweller and watchmaker, ''Walsh, Jones & Company'', from c1854. It later became ''Walsh & Sons'' with its final name settling on ''Walsh Brothers''. | |||
===Politics=== | |||
Stood for Parliament in South Bourke.http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/154830676 | |||
===Other public service=== | |||
Served on the Provisional Committee of the Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company.<ref>The Age. ''Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company''. 28 August 1857, page 1. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154832188, accessed: 11 February 2019</ref> | |||
Supporter of the creation of the District and Board. | |||
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5687708 | |||
==References== | |||
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[[Category:Members of the Boroondara District Road Board]] | [[Category:Members of the Boroondara District Road Board]] | ||
[[Category:Chairs of the Boroondara District Road Board]] | [[Category:Chairs of the Boroondara District Road Board]] |