Alfred William Burbury (31 January 1865 – 12 August 1944) was an Australian politician in Tasmania.
Early life
Alfred William Burbury was born on 31 January 1865 in Oatlands in Tasmania. His father, William, was a farmer and politician; his mother was Christiana (née Whitney).[1]
Politics
In 1931 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Nationalist member for Wilmot. He held the seat until his defeat in 1934.[2]
Other roles
Burbury was a farmer. He was deputy president of the Tasmanian Farmers', Stockowners', and Orchardists' Association. He was also a member of the Australian Meat Council, the Oatlands Municipal Council, and the Oatlands Road Trust.[1]
He was mad a Justice of the Peace in 1911, and sat on the Royal Commission into Tasmanian Government Railways in 1923.[1]
In 1930[3] and until at least 1937, Burbury was a member of the Animals and Birds Protection Board.[4]
Personal life and death
Burbury married Jean Irving Mitchell on 27 Sept 1899 in Lower Marshes. Their son, Frederick Burbury, also became a politician in the state government.[1]
Burbury died in Hobart on 12 August 1944.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d Bennett, Scott; Bennett, Barbara (2016). Biographical Register of the Tasmanian Parliament 1825-1980 (PDF). House of Assembly, Parliament of Tasmania. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-9946374-1-3. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ^ a b "Burbury, Alfred William". Members of the Parliament of Tasmania. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ "THE FAUNA BOARD". The Mercury. Vol. CXXXII, no. 19, 507. Tasmania, Australia. 12 February 1930. p. 8. Retrieved 30 November 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Campbell, Cameron (19 October 1934). "History: Extinction vs. Survival (page 2)". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 24 December 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
