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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2006-10-17 human Annette Alafaci updated 2025-03-27 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004808b.htm person Bonney Charles AACR2 31 October 1813 15 March 1897 Place of Birth Sandon, Staffordshire, United Kingdom Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Politician Company director Member of Parliament Charles Bonney arrived in Australia in 1834 and worked as a judge's clerk then cattle farmer. In 1853 he became the first mayor of Norwood, South Australia and three years later was appointed commissioner of crown lands. In 1857 Bonney was elected to the House of Assembly for East Torrens, but resigned from his seat within six months. He became chairman of directors of the Great Northern Mining Co., South Australia and in 1865 he re-entered politics being elected to the South Australian Legislative Council. Bonney later became general manager of the government railways and was regularly called upon to give expert evidence on mining, land and railways to parliamentary committees. On 5 January 1866 he and others patented the 'Invention and Improvements in the Art of Metallurgy'.

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 'Bonney, Charles', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Bonney, Charles Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Bonney, Charles (1813-1897), overlander, politician and civil servant Gibbney, H. J. Bonney, Charles (1813-1897), overlander, politician and civil servant Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1969 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 3: 1851 - 1890 A-C Douglas Pike 188-190