William Aplin

William Aplin was a pastoralist, businessman and parliamentarian, Aplin was the founding member of the Townsville Municipal Council and also the Mayor twice, he was also a member of the Thuringowa Divisional Board in 1879, 1886, 1889 and from 1894 to 1896, he was Thuringowa's first chairman when elected in 1880 and then reelected in 1882, [The ThuringowanCommemorative edition: page 4. until he was elected on to the Dalrymple Divisional Board in April 1883 where he remained a member until 1901. [ [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A030042b.htm Aplin, William (1840 - 1901) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online ] ]
Aplin was born on 27 April 1840 in Somerset, England. In 1862 Apline migrated to Brisbane and in 1863 he moved up to Bowen, where he became a representative of Seaward, Marsh & Co.
When Townsville was founded, He moved to Cleveland Bay and formed Clifton & Aplin. He was also a member of the board of trustees for the Townsville Grammar School in 1888, [The History of Townsville Grammar School book] the vice president of the North Queensland Pastoral and Agricultural Association, the Flinders District Hospital Committee and the trustee of the Townsville cemetery, and also a member of the Legislative Council.
Aplin's Weir on the Ross River is also named after him.

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