William Atkins

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Biographical informationWliiam Atkins was born in 17 January 1836 at Bird Hill House, Tipperary, County Cork, Ireland, to Stephen Hastings and Mary Green. He intially emigrated to Tasmania, then to Victoria in 1871 and Western Australia in 1880.
He married Emily Mary Munce (1846-1919), daughter of James Henry and Emily Jane Rowe on 7 February 1870, in Emu Bay, Birnie, Tasmania. They had seven children: three sons and four daughters.
He held a variety of different occupations: station superintendent in 1870, boat builder, potato grower, and employed by a railway contractor in Victoria. He was the manager of Jarrahdale timber station until 1885. In 1887 and 1888 he was a contractor building the Derby telegraph line where he employed eight Chinese labourers including Ah Teak (2) and Lin Ah Chung, who died at the Louisa River telegraph construction camp. In 1891 he was a partner with Robert Oswald Law in "Atkins and Law" as a railway and timber contractor, building the Perth–Pinjarra and Brunswick–Collie railways and in
1892 he was acting manager Jarrahdale Forests & Railway Limited. He was elected a member of the Legislative Assembly for the electorate of Murray in 1902, remaining in office until 1904. He died 26 November 1920 in West Perth, Western Australia.

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AH TEAK (2)

LIN A CHUNG

Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia

Family

ParentStephen HastingsMary GreenSpouseEmily Mary Munce

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Subject (person)AH TEAK (2)LIN A CHUNGRobert Oswald LawSubject (organisation)Atkins andLawLegislative AssemblySubject (place)Louisa RiverSubject (topic)Telegraph lineRelated collectionCelebrating 200 Years - National Foundation for Australia-China Relations Project

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William Atkins

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