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| Keywords: StateLibQld 1 207733 Justin Fox Greenlaw Foxton, 1889.jpg Justin Fox Greenlaw Foxton 1889 Justin Fox Greenlaw Foxton was born on 24 September 1849 in Melbourne He went to Queensland in 1864 and was articled to J M Thompson of Ipswich being admitted to the Bar in 1871 Foxton held the Legislative Assembly seat of Carnarvon from 1883 until 1904 He served as secretary for public lands in 1896-98 and again from April to September 1903 He was home secretary from October 1898 to April 1903 The two most significant pieces of Queensland legislation which Foxton initiated were the Factories and Shops Act of 1900 and the 1901 Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act Foxton was Federal member for Brisbane in 1906-10 In the Commonwealth parliament Foxton was an anti-socialist a States-righter an advocate of black labour for developing northern Australia and a representative of the Brisbane mercantile community After his defeat in 1910 Foxton continued his law practice Foxton spent over thirty years in the militia He ended his military career in 1912 at which time he was commandant of the Queensland Brigade of the Field Artillery He received the Volunteer Officers' Decoration He was president of the Queensland Cricket Association and from 1907 a member of the Australian Cricket Board of Control He helped found the Historical Society of Queensland and was grand registrar of the United Grand Lodge of Queensland 1889 handle 10462/deriv/130279 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Justin Fox Greenlaw Foxton | ||||
