Thomas Adam (alderman)
Thomas Adam (1819–1904) was a Scottish-Australian builder, politician, and property developer.
Early Life[edit]
Born in Kilmarnock , Scotland in 1819 to parents Thomas and Helen Adam.[1]
Arriving in Australia[edit]
He migrated to Australia with family in 1837.[1] He gained work as carpenter and cabinet marker.[1] He initially settled in the Brisbane Water.[1]
Coming to Newcastle[edit]
In 1846 he built a timber house in Cockle Creek.[2] Between 1857 and 1861 he developed a sawmill on Bullock Island .[1] In 1857 he purchased 21 acres of land at Onebygamba (Wickham). In 1869 he purchased 54 acres of crown land in Hamilton along Glebe Road which he later sold to the Waratah Coal Company.[2]
In 1849 built a punt to cross the Hunter River at Morepeth.[1][1] Between 1857 and 1861 Thomas Adam and his brother-in-law William Bowden constructed over 200 barges to take coal from Ironbark Creek from Minmi mine near Wallsend.[1]
Raymond Terrace[edit]
On December 1874 he moved to Raymond Terrace.[1] He established a saw mill, flour mill and shipping agency.[1] He was the manager of the Hunter River New Steamship Company.[1]
Political Career[edit]
For 1859 to 1872 he served as Alderman on Newcastle City Council.[1] He was unsuccessfully on being elected on the NSW Legislative Assembly.[1] He became the mayor of Raymond Terrace in 1887.[1].
Newcastle National School[edit]
In 1858 he established the first non denominational school in Newcastle and wanted elected on the local school board.[1]. He persuading the National Education board to build premises for a permanent vested National School.[1] He served as a patron, tradesman and secretary on the board.[1] He laid the school's foundation stone on 25 October 1862.[1] He was removed from the board in 1867.[1]
Personal life[edit]
The surveyor A.S. Huntley gave the name to the Newcastle suburb Adamstown; named after Thomas Adam as he was one of the first European settlers.[2]He embarked on embarked on eight world vogue returning to Sydney in June 1840.[1] In 1840 he married Rebecca Bowden and had ten children with her.[1] He died in Raymond Terrace on the 3rd of July 1904.[1]
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- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 "Thomas Adam". www.fairhall.id.au. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Libraries;jurisdiction=NSW, personalName=Judy Messiter;corporateName=Community History-Lake Macquarie. "Adamstown Heights". history.lakemac.com.au. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
