John Noble Wilson

Legacy

Former Mayor of Ballarat. (See http://bih.ballarat.edu.au/index.php/Ballarat)

Obituary

Mr John Noble Wilson, the chairman of the Ballarat Water Commission, and a director of the Ballarat Trustees Company, which he founded, died at his residence, Main-street, to-day aged 72 years, from paralysis and heart failure. The deceased arrived in Victoria in the early fifties, and after follow-ing the profession of a photographer, was ap-pointed in 1869 commercial editor of the "Ballarat Star." On resigning from that position he established himself in business as a house and land agent. In 1887 he was elected a member of the city council, filling the mayoral chair in 1881-2. On the recon-struction of the water commission in 1881 he was appointed chairman, and retained the post till his death. He look a leading part in the movement which resulted in the erection of the Queen Victoria statue, and entertained strong hopes of carrying through the project for the erection of a statue of Shakespeare. Deceased leaves a widow and two daughters.

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--Sallyanne Doyle 20:06, 3 February 2013 (EST)--Sallyanne Doyle 13:07, 3 February 2013 (EST)