The Dictionary of Australasian Biography — Rawson, Charles Collinson

Philip Mennell

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Rawson, Charles Collinson, J.P., son of Charles Rawson and Octavia his wife, was born at Boldon Rectory, Durham, England, on Dec. 13th, 1840, and emigrated to Australia, arriving in Sydney in Dec. 1857. He married Miss Winifred Harrison on August 30th, 1870. He was engaged in pastoral pursuits in the Mackay district of Queensland, and was chairman of the local branch of the North Queensland Separation League. Since his return to England, where he now resides, he has taken an active part in promoting the erection of Northern Queensland into a separate colony.

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