James Atkinson (Australian politician)

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James Henry Atkinson (c. 1820 – 31 August 1873) was an English-born Australian politician.

Though his exact date of birth is unknown, it is estimated to have been around 1820 in the city of Wakefield in the county of Yorkshire.{{Cite web |title=Mr James Henry ATKINSON (1820 - 1873) |url=https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/members/Pages/member-details.aspx?pk=493 |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=www.parliament.nsw.gov.au}} He ran a wool washing works at Botany Swamps before erecting a dam at Lachlan Swamps around 1849. He later expanded to become a fellmonger. In 1859 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Central Cumberland, serving until his resignation due to insolvency in 1863.{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225242677 |title=In insolvency |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=65 |date=21 April 1863 |access-date=16 June 2021 |page=918 |via=Trove}} Atkinson died at Newtown in 1873.{{Cite NSW Parliament |name=Mr James Henry Atkinson (1820-1873) |id=493 |former=Yes |access-date=3 May 2019}}