Edmond Gerald FitzGibbon

Edmund Gerald Fitz Gibbon, CMG, (1 November 1825 – 12 December 1905) was a barrister and Town clerk of Melbourne.^[1]

Fitz Gibbon was born in Cork, Ireland, son of Gibbon Carew Fitz Gibbon and his wife Catherine, née Hurley.^[1]

Fitz Gibbon worked as a clerk in London and migrated to Victoria in 1852. In 1854 Fitz Gibbon became a clerical assistant in the Melbourne City Council office. Two years later Fitz Gibbon became town clerk of Melbourne, a position he held until 1891.

In 1891 Fitz Gibbon became full-time chairman of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works.^[1] Fitz Gibbon was appointed C.M.G. in 1892.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Bernard Barrett, 'FitzGibbon, Edmund Gerald (1825 - 1905)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vol. 4, MUP, 1972, pp 181-182.

Melbourne City Council

External links

Serle, Percival (1949). "FitzGibbon, Edmund Gerald". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus and Robertson. http://gutenberg.net.au/dictbiog/0-dict-biogF.html#fitzgibbon1. Retrieved 2010-09-12.

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Name	Fitz Gibbon, Edmund Gerald
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Date of birth	1 November 1825
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Date of death	12 December 1905
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