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Edward Quin (ca.1843 – 22 November 1922) was a noted pastoralist in the north-west of New South Wales who represented Wentworth and Broken Hill in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly ==History== Edward Quin set up in business in Wilcannia, New South Wales when that town was in its infancy, then in 1872 took over Tarella Estate, a station of 685,000 acres 50 miles from Wilcannia, and spent £70,000 on improvements on the property, which eventually was carrying 120,000 sheep, 1000 Shorthorn cattle, and around 180 pure bred horses, plus draught horses and Arabs. He formed a business Quin, Currie and Co. to operate the business. In 1881, he purchased, with Alfred Kirkpatrick of Wilcannia, Merweh station, in the Warrego River in Queensland. They bought Buckanbe station near Tilpa later the same year. He was elected a member for Wentworth in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in a by-election 1882 (an early opponent was E. B. L. Dickens, son of Charles Dickens), and returned in December that year then again, unopposed in 1885, and declined to stand in 1887. He was later appointed to the committee which was concerned with the rabbit pest. He later purchased the Leasowes property, of 505 acres, near Fern Tree Gully. He retired to live in "Warwillah" in Wangaratta, where he died after a prolonged illness. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edward Quin (pastoralist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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