John Ferrett was a pastoralist and politician in Queensland, Australia.
12 Facts About John Ferrett
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John Ferrett was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
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John Ferrett was born in 1812 in Dorset, England, the son of Harry Ferrett and his wife Mary.
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John Ferrett immigrated to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in 1835 on the Fairlie.
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John Ferrett worked as a station hand with the Dangar family at Gostwyck Plains, before establishing Wallann Station with them at Ipswich, Queensland around 1844.
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John Ferrett entered the Queensland Legislative Assembly on 4 May 1860 at the 1860 colonial election as the member for the electoral district of Maranoa.
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John Ferrett won the resulting by-election on 25 June 1870.
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John Ferrett retained this seat in the 1870 and 1871 elections but was defeated in the 1873 election on 18 November 1873.
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John Ferrett served as a councillor on the Bundanba Divisional Board.
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John Ferrett had a part ownership in the Woodend coal mines on the Bremer River.
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John Ferrett died suddenly from heart disease on 4 June 1894 at his home in Roderick Street, Ipswich.
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John Ferrett had never married and his closest relatives were his niece and nephew Emily and Harry Ferrett, the children of his late brother Henry Ferrett.