Alexander Kethel

Alexander Kethel (2 November 1832 – 23 June 1916) was a Scottish-born Australian politician and timber merchant.

He was born in Perth to carpenter William Kethel and Mary Watson.

He faced a number of set backs, having been shipwrecked 3 times, then the sawmill burnt down in 1874.

[1] It was as a wholesale timber merchant that he prospered, becoming a wharfinger, leasing the market wharf in Sydney.

He died at Castle Hill on 23 June 1916(1916-06-23) (aged 83),[8] survived by two sons and three daughters.