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Roger Hale Sheaffe (9 April 1838 – 1 December 1895) was a pastoralist and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]
Roger Sheaffe | |
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Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Burke | |
In office 14 November 1878 – 5 October 1883 | |
Preceded by | Patrick O'Sullivan |
Succeeded by | Edward Palmer |
Personal details | |
Born | Roger Hale Sheaffe 9 April 1838 Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia |
Died | 1 December 1895 57) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | (aged
Resting place | Toowong Cemetery |
Spouse | Isobel Maria Robertson (m. 1874) |
Occupation | Pastoralist |
Sheaffe was born at Wollongong, New South Wales, to William Sheaffe,[1] Captain in H.M. 50th Regiment,[2] and his wife Rosalie (née Earle)[1] and was educated at Wollongong Grammar School.
Sheaffe was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as the member for Burke in 1878 but did not stand for re-election in 1883.[3] He went on to be mayor of Sandgate in 1892.[1]
In 1874, Sheaffe married Isobel Maria Robertson in Wollongong and together had 3 sons and 1 daughter. Sheaffe died in Brisbane in 1895[2] and was buried in Toowong Cemetery.[4]
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