Person
Madden, Frank (1847 - 1921)
- Born
- 29 November 1847
Cork, Ireland - Died
- 17 February 1921
Kew, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Judge and Parliamentarian
Summary
(Sir) Frank Madden was an attorney and Parliamentarian, who experimented in growing grasses on his properties. He published a pamphlet, "Grass Lands of Victoria", in 1895. Educated in law at the University of Melbourne, Madden was admitted as an attorney in1869 and soon afterwards founded the legal firm Madden & Butler. He then successfully stood for election to the Legislative Assembly in 1894 and remained in office until 1917. Madden was a foundation president of the (Royal) Historical Society of Victoria and a member of the Field Naturalists' Club from 1902.
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Chronology
- 1869
- Career position - Admitted as an attorney
- 1894 - 1917
- Career position - Member for Eastern Suburbs (after 1904 Booroondara) in the Legislative Assembly
- 1895
- Career position - Grass Lands of Victoria published
- 1911
- Award - Knighted
Published resources
Book Sections
- Ingham, S. M., 'Madden, Sir Frank (1847-1921)' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds, vol. 10 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1986), pp. 370-371. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100364b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24239485. Details
- 'Madden, Frank (1847-1921)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473316. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 4 February 2010