1. Johann Christian "John" Heussler was a German-born businessman and politician in Queensland, Australia.
13 Facts About John Heussler
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John Heussler was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council.
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Johann Christian Heussler was born at Bockenheim, Frankfurt, Germany on 15 June 1820.
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John Heussler was educated at the state school, and was a student at a French institution at Bockenheim, and Dr Jeiteles's Mercantile Institute at Frankfurt.
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John Heussler entered in business as a wine merchant at Frankfurt, and later on, while still young, received an important appointment in a mercantile firm in Holland, representing the firm at the London Exhibition in 1851.
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John Heussler emigrated to Australia in 1852, and established a business, in partnership with others, in Melbourne.
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Over two decades John Heussler became a highly respected business man and citizen of Queensland.
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John Heussler was recognised as a founding member of the Queensland Club, Consul for the Netherlands, German Consul, and Emigration Agent for German shipping companies.
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John Heussler was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council on 26 September 1866.
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John Heussler purchased the adjoining Portion 291 two years later in partnership with George Reinhard Francksen.
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John Heussler is believed to have built his home Fernberg on that land in 1865, giving it a name of German origin that meant "distant mountain".
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John Heussler died on Saturday 26 October 1907 at his home Unthank at Christian Street, Albion.
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John Heussler's funeral moved from his home to the Toowong Cemetery.