Norman Brookman

Harry Norman Brookman (22 January 1884 – 26 April 1949), always referred to as Norman Brookman, was a farmer and politician in South Australia.

History

Norman was born at Medindie the second son of Sir George Brookman (1840–1927) and his wife Eliza Martha Brookman, née Marshall (1859–1931)

He was a student at Roseworthy College, and during the war of 1914–1918 served in France as a gunner with the 42nd battery, 11th Brigade Field Artillery. He developed a model farm "Burbrook", near Meadows, and was involved in sheep breeding, apple growing and experimented with commercial flax growing. He was involved with the Waite Research Institute in other field trials on his property. His was vitally interested in pastures, and experimented with various grasses and clovers.

He was a councillor and chairman of the Willunga District Council from 1924 to 1929, and was chairman of the Meadows District Council from 1933 to 1935. He served on the Hills Firefighting and Prevention Committee.^[1]

He and Jack Bice, both sons of ex-MLC knights, were Liberal Party candidates for the Southern district seats in the Legislative Council in 1941, and both were successful. Bice retired in 1959, but Norman Brookman was killed in 1949 when the car he was driving home from Victor Harbor crashed head-on into a 4-ton truck around 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Noarlunga.^[2]

Family

He married Ada Mary Dorothy "Nan" Burden (24 April 1889 – ) on 6 March 1912.^[3]

• David Norman Brookman (24 Mar 1917 – 22 May 2000) was an M.P. for Alexandra from 1948 to 1973.^[4]

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