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Midgley, Alfred, 1849-1930
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1849-1930
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Yorkshire-born Alfred Midgley was one of Queensland's earliest poets and MLA for Fassifern from 1883 to 1887. After arriving in Brisbane in 1870, he was ordained as a Methodist minister and served various parishes in Brisbane and the Darling Downs before leaving the ministry for politics. He published two books of poetry, Helen Young and other verses (1873) and The poems of Alfred Midgley (1908).
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US DLC 83210200; AU NLA 35939848
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Revised, FF, 17-Jun-2020
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Author entry, AustLit, accessed online 17-Jun-2020.
(1930, March 5) 'Death of Alfred Midgley' The Worker, accessed online via Trove Digitized Newspapers, 17-Jun-2020.
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Revised with history, authority record identifier and sources, FF, 17-Jun-2020.