William Adams Brodribb

27 May 1809 – 31 May 1886

William Adams Brodribb (1809-1886) was an Australian pastoralist and politician.He was born in London on 27 May 1809. His father, also William Adams Brodribb, was an attorney but in 1816 he was convicted at of administering unlawful oaths and transported for seven years. He arrived at Sydney in the Sir William Bensley in March 1817, and sent to Hobart. In February 1818 his wife and children arrived at Hobart in the Duke of Wellington. They settled on a farm near New Norfolk and three more sons were born. In April 1835 William junior moved to New South Wales and became a partner in a catt

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