Edward Palmer (Australian politician)

Edward Palmer (8 March 1842 – 3 May 1899) was an Australian pastoralist and conservative Queensland politician.

Palmer was born in Sydney. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Burke from 1883 to 1888, a member for Carpentaria from 1888 to 1893, and a member for Flinders from 1889 to 1896. He was a supporter of Thomas McIlwraith.Waterson, D.B.: Biographical Register of the Queensland 1860-1929 (second revised edition) Sydney 2001. Palmer is today best known as the author of the frequently cited reminiscences 'Early Days in North Queensland'.Palmer, Edward: Early Days in North Queensland, London 1902

Palmer died in 1899 and was buried in South Rockhampton Cemetery.South Rockhampton Cemetery (Rockhampton General Cemetery) Index — Rockhampton Regional Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 3 February 2015.

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