1885-1888 JJ Wright

J J Wright - Mayor 1885 – 1888

J J Wright was born 20 February 1821 at Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland, son of John Wright, he migrated to New South Wales about 1837.

• December 1842 became pound-keeper at Queanbeyan,
• February 1844 postmaster and opened the Post Office Store in 1849.
• On 30 September 1850 Sydney, he married Mary Anne Clarke.
• He leased the Dodsworth Mill in 1858 and acquired Severne Mill in November 1858.
• He ran for parliament in 1874 and defeated William Forster for the Queanbeyan seat in the Legislative Assembly.
• In 1879-82 led the agitation which brought the railway through Queanbeyan.
• He was first mayor of Queanbeyan in 1885-1888.
• He died of apoplexy on 22 October 1904
• He is buried in the Anglican section of the Riverside cemetery