Charles Nicholson Jewel Oliver
Charles Nicholson Jewel Oliver CMG[1] (24 April 1848 – 14 June 1920) was a first-class cricketer and public servant in Australia.[2]
Born in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia,[2] Oliver entered the New South Wales Civil Service, and was appointed Under-Secretary for Lands in November 1880. He then became one of the Commissioners of Railways under the new non-political system of control.[3]
Oliver played three games of cricket for New South Wales between 1865 and 1873.[4]
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References
- ↑ "BIRTHDAY HONOURS.". The Australasian. LXXIX, (2067). Victoria, Australia. 11 November 1905. p. 38. Retrieved 3 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- 1 2 Walker, J. D. "Oliver, Charles Nicholson Jewel (1848–1920)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
- ↑ Mennell, Philip (1892). " Oliver, Charles N. J.". The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co. Wikisource
- ↑ "Charles Oliver". ESPN cricinfo. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
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