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- George_Raff abstract "George Raff (15 April 1815—28 August 1889) was a merchant, sugar grower and politician born in Forres, Morayshire, Scotland who spent a substantial part of his life in Australia.Born to James Raff, a farmer and peasant, and Margaret Raff, née Cumming, little is known about Raff's early years. He left for Sydney aboard the Earl Durham, and arrived on 2 January 1839. Soon after arriving, he found employment with Lamb, Parbury & Co., founded by John de Villiers Lamb and his brother. He remained there, with that employment, for several years, before, in 1842-1843, he held Tarwin station, Gippsland. Around that time, on 14 April 1843, Raff married Harriet Sealy, daughter of Robert Bourne, a retired missionary whom he knew and was associated with in Gippsland.In January 1851, Raff returned to Australia, and then moved to Brisbane, Queensland. Soon thereafter he founded both the George Raff & Co., and, a short time later, the Queensland Mercantile and Agency Co. He worked with both of these companies for ten years, before he became director of the Queensland Steam Navigation Co. Because of his close involvement with these significant enterprises, Raff was the main substantiator of the wool trade between Brisbane and London.At a plantation in close proximity to Caboolture, he began to work with the growing and harvesting of sugar, among other crops, and became involved with commercial sugar production. He was also commended for his treatment of the Kanaka men he employed on the site by John Dunmore Lang.Raff became politically involved in the separation movement. On 11 May 1860 he was elected to represent the Town of Brisbane in the first proper parliament, also in 1860 he became a part of the Board of National Education and of the Exhibition Commission.Following the resignation of Arthur Macalister as premier in July 1866, the government that he was a part of was under threat of becoming utterly dysfunctional. To keep the government alive, Sir George Bowen offered to create a temporary committee with Sir Robert George Wyndham Herbert and Raff, a move which was met with strong opposition. Raff continued to work in politics and parliament until 22 June 1867, when he resigned. While Raff was a political liberal, his strong opposition to extravagance in politics and in government rendered him suspect in several circles, but his good will and patriotism was never denied openly.".
- George_Raff birthDate "1815-04-06".
- George_Raff birthDate "1815-04-15".
- George_Raff birthName "George Raff".
- George_Raff birthPlace County_of_Moray.
- George_Raff birthPlace Forres.
- George_Raff birthPlace Scotland.
- George_Raff birthYear "1815".
- George_Raff deathDate "1889-08-28".
- George_Raff deathPlace Brisbane.
- George_Raff deathPlace Brisbane,_Australia.
- George_Raff deathPlace Queensland.
- George_Raff deathYear "1889".
- George_Raff nationality Scotland.
- George_Raff occupation Pastoral_farming.
- George_Raff office "Queensland Legislative".
- George_Raff predecessor Charles_Blakeney_(politician).
- George_Raff region Electoral_district_of_Town_of_Brisbane.
- George_Raff relation Alexander_Raff.
- George_Raff religion Presbyterianism.
- George_Raff restingPlace Toowong_Cemetery.
- George_Raff successor Alexander_Pritchard.
- George_Raff successor William_Brookes_(Queensland_politician).
- George_Raff termPeriod George_Raff__1.
- George_Raff termPeriod George_Raff__2.
- George_Raff thumbnail George_Raff_-_Queensland_politician.png?width=300.
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- George_Raff wikiPageWikiLink Arthur_Macalister.
- George_Raff wikiPageWikiLink Brisbane.
- George_Raff wikiPageWikiLink Brisbane,_Australia.
- George_Raff wikiPageWikiLink Brisbane,_Queensland.
- George_Raff wikiPageWikiLink Caboolture.
- George_Raff wikiPageWikiLink Caboolture,_Queensland.
- George_Raff wikiPageWikiLink Category:1815_births.
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- George_Raff wikiPageWikiLink Category:Members_of_the_Queensland_Legislative_Assembly.
- George_Raff wikiPageWikiLink Category:Scottish_emigrants_to_Australia.
- George_Raff wikiPageWikiLink Charles_Blakeney_(politician).
- George_Raff wikiPageWikiLink County_of_Moray.
- George_Raff wikiPageWikiLink Electoral_district_of_Town_of_Brisbane.
- George_Raff wikiPageWikiLink Forres.
- George_Raff wikiPageWikiLink George_Bowen.
- George_Raff wikiPageWikiLink Gippsland.
- George_Raff wikiPageWikiLink John_Dunmore_Lang.
- George_Raff wikiPageWikiLink John_de_Villiers_Lamb.
- George_Raff wikiPageWikiLink Kanaka_(Pacific_Island_worker).
- George_Raff wikiPageWikiLink Kanakas.
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- George_Raff wikiPageWikiLink Merchant.
- George_Raff wikiPageWikiLink Missionary.
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- George_Raff wikiPageWikiLink Parliament_of_Queensland.
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- George_Raff wikiPageWikiLink Presbyterian.
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- George_Raff wikiPageWikiLink Queensland.
- George_Raff wikiPageWikiLink Robert_George_Wyndham_Herbert.
- George_Raff wikiPageWikiLink Robert_Herbert.
- George_Raff wikiPageWikiLink Scotland.
- George_Raff wikiPageWikiLink Toowong_Cemetery.
- George_Raff wikiPageWikiLink William_Brookes_(Queensland_politician).
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- George_Raff wikiPageWikiLinkText "George Raff".
- George_Raff assembly "Queensland Legislative".
- George_Raff birthDate "1815-04-06".
- George_Raff birthPlace County_of_Moray.
- George_Raff birthPlace Forres.
- George_Raff birthPlace Scotland.
- George_Raff birthname "George Raff".
- George_Raff constituencyAm Electoral_district_of_Town_of_Brisbane.
- George_Raff dateOfBirth "1815-04-15".
- George_Raff dateOfDeath "1889-08-28".
- George_Raff deathDate "1889-08-28".
- George_Raff deathPlace "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia".
- George_Raff hasPhotoCollection George_Raff.
- George_Raff name "George Raff".
- George_Raff name "Raff, George".
- George_Raff nationality Scotland.
- George_Raff occupation Pastoral_farming.
- George_Raff placeOfBirth "Morayshire, Scotland".
- George_Raff placeOfDeath Brisbane.
- George_Raff placeOfDeath Brisbane,_Australia.
- George_Raff predecessor Charles_Blakeney_(politician).
- George_Raff predecessor "New seat".
- George_Raff relations Alexander_Raff.
- George_Raff religion Presbyterian.
- George_Raff religion Presbyterianism.
- George_Raff restingplace Toowong_Cemetery.
- George_Raff shortDescription "Australian farmer and politician".
- George_Raff spouse "Harriet Sealy , Eliza Jane Molle".
- George_Raff successor Alexander_Pritchard.
- George_Raff successor William_Brookes_(Queensland_politician).