Zebina Bartholomew Lane was an Australian mining engineer and politician who was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for the Metropolitan-Suburban Province from 11 September 1903 to 21 May 1908.
21 Facts About Zebina Lane
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Zebina Lane was mayor of Broken Hill in New South Wales from 11 February 1889 to 12 February 1890, and was the manager of several mines across New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia.
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Zebina Lane's parents were Canadian-born mining engineer Zebina Lane and Irish-born Mary Kearney.
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Zebina Lane moved to New Zealand, living there for eight years and working at the Hauraki goldfields.
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Zebina Lane visited California in the United States, and lived in Ballarat, Victoria, in 1878.
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In 1885, Zebina Lane moved to Broken Hill, New South Wales, to manage several mines.
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An effigy of Zebina Lane was hanged and burned in July 1892 during a workers strike.
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Zebina Lane obstructed an inquiry into lead poisoning despite his daughter having died of it as a baby in 1890.
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Zebina Lane was an active member of the Mine Managers' Association.
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In 1888, Zebina Lane was elected to the first ever Broken Hill Municipal Council.
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Zebina Lane did not stand for re-election, and so was succeeded as mayor by Thomas Coombe on 12 February 1890.
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Zebina Lane floated nearby mining companies in mid-1894 in London.
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Zebina Lane worked at the Great Boulder as a consultant engineer and attorney until 1899.
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Zebina Lane was elected to the Metropolitan-Suburban Province of the Western Australian Legislative Council at a by-election on 11 September 1903.
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Zebina Lane succeeded Barrington Wood, who had died on 24 August 1903.
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Zebina Lane had strong participation in debates at first, but was quiet after criticism from the 1904 royal commission into the Great Boulder Perseverance mine.
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Zebina Lane retired on 21 May 1908, and was replaced by Sydney Stubbs.
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Zebina Lane married Euphemia Leslie on 12 February 1878 at Sandhurst, Victoria.
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Zebina Lane's daughter died of lead poisoning as a baby in 1890.
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In 1910, Zebina Lane had abdominal surgery in London to have a silver plate placed into him.
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Zebina Lane died on 20 October 1912 in Berlin, Germany, during surgery to fix his plate.