Riley, Alban Joseph
Retailer and politician who was a councillor in Burwood as well as a member of parliament and Mayor of Sydney in 1887.
Milestones
Born
Balmain
8 Jun 1844
Died
Burwood
24 Jul 1914
Positions
1884
1 Dec 1885
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30 Nov 1891
1887
5 Feb 1887
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19 Jan 1889
19 May 1891
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16 Nov 1893
Riley, Alban Joseph
by Terri McCormack, 2011
a successful businessman and an advocate of the Saturday half-holiday, draper AJ Riley became a free trade politician and all-round public man, until business troubles ended his career.
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