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William Woolls Rutledge 1849â1921, Rev Dr David Dunlop Rutledge 1852â1905.and James Josiah Rutledge 1854â1946. His sisters were Maria Jane Rutledge 1845â1922 (married William John Newton), Susanna Wesley Rutledge 1847â1936 (married Pierre
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Rutledge's political drive came from his desire to see all the
British colonies on the Australian continent as one country. He believed the forced use of Pacific Island labourers on the plantations in North Queensland and the push for separation in the north would destroy Queensland's chance of
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Rutledge and his three parliamentary colleagues who had participated in the 1891 Federation Convention in Sydney and are buried in the cemetery. The other members were Sir
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Rutledge felt that his energy would be better served in a parliamentary seat than in a pulpit. To do that, he also needed the income as a barrister. In May 1878 he was admitted to the
Queensland Bar. After unsuccessfully contesting the
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Claude Louat), Lucy Ann
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