Graham Mylne

Graham Mylne was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1] He was the member for Warrego from 24 June 1867 to 18 September 1868.[2]

Graham Mylne was born on 15 October 1834 in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland and died on 5 April 1876 in Grafton, New South Wales, Australia.[2]

Early life

Graham Mylne was a Lieutenant in the 95th regiment of the British Army from 1853 to 1861, seeing action on Deesa, India in 1854, the Crimea 1855, Lucknow 1857, Hunker 1858, Burugain, Sandi and Ruiya 1859[2]

He arrived in Australia in 1859 to manage the family grazing property Eatonswill, near Grafton and in 1860 married Helena White daughter of William and Jane White of Lota in Manly, Queensland. In 1864, he moved to Roma in Queensland in the Maranoa district where he leased the grazing property Amby Downs in partnership with Sir Robert Herbert the Premier of Queensland and Sir John Bramston the attorney general. He returned to Eatonswill in 1869 with his wife Helena and six children and lived there until his untimely death in 1876, aged 42.[2]

He was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, Member for Maranoa, and of the Queensland and Australian Clubs, and also a frequent guest of the governor Sir George Bowen and his wife Diamontina at government house, they being of similar age and close friends.

References

  1. ↑ "Part 2.19 - Alphabetical Register of Members of the Legislative Assembly 1860-2012 and the Legislative Council 1860-1922" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2015: The 54th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Former Members Register". Queensland government. Retrieved 8 February 2016.


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