Francis Ivory

Francis Jeffery Ivory (1831 – 21 January 1896)[1] was a grazier and politician in Queensland, Australia.

[2] Francis Ivory was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in the electoral district of Burnett in a by-election on 29 December 1873.

[3][5] Francis Ivory had three children with Caroline, an Aboriginal woman of the Gooreng Gooreng people of the Mount Perry area in the North Burnett Region of Queensland, Australia.

In c1891 Francis wanted to send his youngest son William 'Billy' to boarding school just as he'd done with Frank.

Caroline, afraid of losing another son took Billy and left Eidsvold Station.