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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Bernard Barrett, 'FitzGibbon, Edmund Gerald (1825 - 1905)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vol. 4, MUP, 1972, pp 181-182.
External links
- Serle, Percival (1949). "FitzGibbon, Edmund Gerald". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus and Robertson. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
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