15-1154: James Forsyth may refer to: James Forsyth (Australian politician) (1852–1927), Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly James Forsyth (college president) (1817–1886), attorney and president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute James Forsyth (journalist) (born 1981), Political Secretary to the UK Prime Minister James Forsyth (sculptor) (1827–1910), Scottish sculptor James Forsyth (traveller) (1838–1871), Indian traveller James B. Forsyth (1809–1872), Massachusetts physician and politician James Bell Forsyth (1802–1869), Quebec merchant and author James W. Forsyth (1834–1906), U.S. Army officer and general Jim Forsyth (born 1944), former Australian rules footballer Jimmy Forsyth (1904–1982), Scottish footballer, trainer and physiotherapist Jimmy Forsyth (photographer) (1913–2009), British amateur photographer [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
30-714: A plasterer and worked at that trade for some years. Having decided to emigrate, he was influenced by John Dunmore Lang to travel to Queensland. He married Mary Isabella Mitchell at Callander , Perthshire, in February 1853 and they arrived in Moreton Bay on 23 June 1853 on the John Fielden . In Brisbane, Campbell established a business in George Street initially selling building materials imported from Sydney. Although that first venture failed, he started
45-612: A brick and pottery works immediately north of Crosby Park. Campbell served as an alderman on the Brisbane Town Council and also as a council member of the Ithaca Shire. Although he did not serve in the Queensland Parliament , he took a strong interest in politics and was one of those who persuaded Charles Lilley to contest the seat of Fortitude Valley . His son John Dunmore Campbell served in
60-456: A new business City Lime, Cement and Plaster Stores on the corner of Creek and Charlotte Streets. Eventually he was providing many of the materials needed for constructing buildings, including timber, bricks, cement and pottery which were made locally, along with imported items. From the early 1860s, Campbell was operating lime kilns at Breakfast Creek and Lytton using shells and coral collected from Moreton Bay. Around 1880, he established
75-597: A year, moving to Brisbane in December of the same year. In 1880 he was the manager at Normanton for James Burns & Co. and was mainly responsible for the company's expansion in the North Queensland area. When the businesses of Burns and Robert Philp were amalgamated in 1883, he became a director of Burns Philp . At the 1899 Queensland colonial elections , Forsyth, for the Ministerialists, won
90-911: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages James Forsyth (Australian politician) James Forsyth (1852 – 14 October 1927) was a company director and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly . Forsyth was born in West Plean, Stirling , Scotland , to parents John Forsyth, farmer, and his wife Janet (née Munnock). After receiving his education in West Plean he worked for Henderson Bros, Merchants in Stirling and spent five years with Arnott and Co. in Glasgow . He arrived in Sydney in early 1875 where he stayed almost
105-811: The Langshaw Marble Lime Works at New Farm . James Campbell had a sawmill at Creek Street in Brisbane. Logs were cut in the Blackall Range and upper Caboolture River and hauled to Mellum Creek from where they were rafted down the Pumicestone Passage to the Creek Street sawmill. In 1881, James Campbell decided to establish a sawmill on the Coochin Creek near the confluence with Mellum Creek, from where
120-597: The Queensland Legislative Assembly as the member for Moreton . All of his five sons (John Dunmore, James Mitchell, Henry Edwin, George Peter and Charles William) became members of the business which was renamed James Campbell and Sons in 1882. Campbell was also well-connected through his daughters' marriages: Isabella Annie to William Aplin (Member of the Queensland Legislative Council ), Jessie Banister to Robert Philp ( Premier of Queensland ), and Helen Morrison to James Forsyth (Member of
135-481: The Queensland Legislative Assembly for Carpentaria , Moreton and Murrumba ). Campbell died on 11 April 1904 at his home Camona in Kelvin Grove , Brisbane aged 74 years. He died four or five months after failing to recover from an attack of influenza. He was buried at Toowong Cemetery on 12 April 1904. He had requested that there be no religious service. However, his employees decided to congregate at
150-596: The Toowong Cemetery . James Campbell (Australian timber merchant) James Campbell (1830–1904) was a Scottish merchant of timber and other building products based in Brisbane , Queensland , Australia. He founded the hardware firm James Campbell and Sons . James Campbell was born on 6 March 1830 at Auchterarder , Perthshire , Scotland. His parents had hoped he would become a Church of Scotland minister , but he apprenticed himself at an early age to
165-542: The mill closed down. By that time, the North Coast railway line had made it easier to transport logs and timber by rail than by ship. Eventually Campbell owned sawmills at a number of locations in South-East Queensland and had a number of ships to carry the timber to his wharf and warehouse at Creek Street. Campbell purchased a white sandstone quarry at Albion , Brisbane from John Petrie and built
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#1732772969318180-852: The only MP to oppose the provision of the Elections Act 1915 that granted women the right to stand for parliament in Queensland. He stated that "I do not think myself that this is a place for a woman at all, and I hope that when we get into Committee we shall be able to have that innovation knocked out". From 1919 until 1927 Forsyth was the honorary Consulate for Queensland in Japan. In 1882, Forsyth married Helen Morrison Campbell (daughter of prominent Brisbane businessman James Campbell ). They had no children. He died in 1927 and his funeral proceeded from Braelands , his former residence in Toowong to
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210-454: The sawn timber was transported to Brisbane, initially via sailing cutter and from 1883 by paddlesteamer. The township of Campbellville ( 26°52′28″S 153°02′16″E / 26.87444°S 153.03778°E / -26.87444; 153.03778 ( Campbellville, Queensland ) ) of around 100 people developed around the sawmill. There was a wharf with cranes and a provisional school and cemetery. Campbellville lasted until 1890 when
225-469: The seat of Carpentaria . He changed allegiance to the Opposition Party in 1904, led by his close friend, Robert Philp. He was defeated at the 1907 state elections . Two years later, he won the seat of Moreton . By now, he was back with the Ministerialists. Forsyth held this seat for three years, switching to Murrumba . He held the seat until his retirement from politics in 1918. Forsyth was
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