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Lewis Thomas (politician)
Lewis Thomas (20 November 1832 – 16 February 1913) was a Colliery owner and a member of both the member of both the Queensland Legislative Council and the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
==Early life==
Thomas was born in November 1848 at Llanfihangel Genau'r Glyn, Cardiganshire, Wales to Thomas Thomas, carrier, and his wife Mary (née Hughes).〔(Thomas, Lewis (1832–1913) ) – ''Australian Dictionary of Biography''. Retrieved 28 March 2015.〕 At age nine we was working at a woolen factory and at fifteen was employed in the lead-mines of Esgair and Bwlch Gwyn. He moved on to working in the coal and iron mines of South Wales and in 1859 he set off to Australia.〔
Landing in Victoria, he worked as a gold miner but was unsuccessful and relocated to Queensland some two years later where he turned to coal mining in the West Moreton district.〔 This time his venture was such a success that he opened up many of the coalfields in the area and with the building of railways across Queensland the demand for coal become even greater, earning him a vast fortune and eventually became known as the 'Coal King'.〔 In 1890, Thomas retired from mining and handed over the business to his employees, who formed the Aberdare Co-Operative Coal Co. Ltd.
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