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Thornton, George (1819–1901)

	Thornton, George (1819–1901)
Born	23 December 1819 Sydney , New South Wales , Australia
Died	23 November 1901 Parramatta, Sydney , New South Wales , Australia
Cultural Heritage	English
Religious Influence	Anglican
Related Entries [View as tree]	Eagar, Geoffrey (classmate) Dowling, James Sheen (classmate) Samuel, Saul (classmate) Fosbery, Edmund Walcott (acquaintance) Hill, Richard (collaborator)
Education*	St Phillip's Primary School (Sydney) (student, 1826-1830) William Timothy Cape's School (Sydney) (student, 1831-1834) Australian College (Sydney) (student, 1835-1836)
Occupation*	public servant (1836-1840) New South Wales, Australia business agent (1840-1901) New South Wales, Australia local government councillor (1847-1857) New South Wales, Australia magistrate (1850-1901) New South Wales, Australia local government head (1853-1853) New South Wales, Australia local government head (1857-1857) New South Wales, Australia Member of Lower House (1858-1859) New South Wales, Australia local government head (1860-1860) New South Wales, Australia Member of Lower House (1867-1868) New South Wales, Australia Member of Upper House (1877-1901) New South Wales, Australia Indigenous culture recorder (1880-1883) New South Wales, Australia protector of Aboriginals (1880-1883) New South Wales, Australia
Clubs*	Union Club (Sydney) (member, ?-1901)
Key Events*	Royal Commission on Fisheries (NSW, 1880) (commissioner) Sydney International Exhibition, 1879 (NSW commissioner)
Key Organisations*	Aborigines Protection Association (NSW) (founding member) Freemasons (member) Government Savings Bank of New South Wales (trustee) Mutual Insurance Society of Victoria (trustee) New South Wales Rowing Association (founding president) Reform Club (member) Sydney Rowing Club (founding president) Victoria Club (member) Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron (founding member, 1862) Aborigines Welfare Board (NSW) (founding chairman, 1883) City Bank of Sydney (founding director, 1885-1888)
Workplaces*	Dept of Customs (NSW) (public servant, 1836-1840) Sydney City Council (councillor, 1847) Sydney City Council (mayor, 1853) Sydney City Council (mayor, 1857)

* Dates are approximate