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John Murtagh Macrossan (
1832-
1891) was an
Australian politician of the late 19th Century in the
parliament of Queensland.
Early and parliamentary life
John Macrossan was born in
Donegal,
Ireland. He moved to the colony of
Victoria at the age of 21 to work on diggings. Twelve years later he moved to
North Queensland where he became well known among the miners in 1873 was elected a member of the legislative assembly for the
Kennedy electoral district. He championed the causes of regulation of the mining industry and Separatism of
North Queensland as a separate colony. From January 1879 he was secretary for public works and for mines in the first and second
McIlwraith Ministries. In January 1890 Macrossan became the Colonial Secretary in the
Morehead government
Mining
In the first McIlwraith Ministry Macrossan successfully introduced the first mining regulations in
Queensland on his third attempt in 1881. In 1889 Macrossan expanded upon this success by introducing new regulations which included provisions for a system of inspections by representatives of the miners.
Self-government of northern Queensland and Australian Federation
After advocating on the issue for many years, in October 1890 Macrossan brought forward a motion to bring about the separation of the north. Then Premier
Samuel Griffith moved an amendment that it was desirable to have separate legislative authorities in southern, northern and central Queensland, which was carried. However in the 1890s
Regionalism became less of a focus as Federalism became closer to attainment. In February 1890 Macrossan attended the conference on federation held at Melbourne with
Griffith, who was then leader of the opposition, and in 1891 he was one of the Queensland representatives to the
first Constitutional Convention. Four weeks after the conference opened he died, on 30 March 1891.
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