James Atkinson (Australian politician)

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James Henry Atkinson (c. 1820 – 31 August 1873) was an English-born Australian politician.

He was born at Wakefield in Yorkshire. He ran a wool washing works at Botany Swamps before erecting a dam at Lachlan Swamps around 1849. He later expanded to become a fellmonger. In 1859 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Central Cumberland, serving until his resignation in 1863. Atkinson died at Newtown in 1873.[1]

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New South Wales Legislative Assembly
New seat Member for Central Cumberland
1859–1863
Served alongside: John Laycock
Succeeded by
Allan Macpherson