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Australian journalist and politician

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

Osborne studied Natural Philosophy, Belfast. Mercer was elected to the district of Belfast and Warrnambool in the inaugural Victorian Legislative Council in October 1851.

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

References

  1. ^ "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.

 

Victorian Legislative Council
New creation Member for Belfast and Warrnambool
November 1851 – December 1852
Succeeded byLauchlan Mackinnon
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