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George Henry Jenkins (1814-1914), Victoria., A Short History…
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Melbourne
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20-Jun-2016
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George Henry Jenkins (1814-1914), Victoria., A Short History and Description of the Parliament House, Melbourne, Prepared at the request of the Royal Commission on the Parliament Buildings, by Geo. H. Jenkins. [John Ferres, Melbourne, 1886]. Includes 6 album photographs (20 x 15 cm) plus 2 plates., Scarce leather-bound edition with ornate gold embossing and titles. Presentation copy to Robert Harper Esquire, M.P. signed by the editor., Robert Harper (1842 - 1919) was born in Glasgow, Scotland, educated at Glasgow Academy and migrated to Australia in 1856, becoming a tea and coffee merchant and a pastoralist. In 1879, he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for West Bourke, he was defeated in 1880, but in 1882 returned to the Assembly as the member for East Bourke. He was defeated again in 1889, but was returned as member for East Bourke 1891-97. In the first federal election in 1901, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Protectionist member for Mernda. He joined the Commonwealth Liberal Party when it was formed out of the fusion of the Protectionists and the Anti-Socialists. Harper's seat of Mernda was abolished in 1913, and he retired.
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