Frederick Wimble

Frederick Thomas Wimble (28 November 1846 – 3 January 1936) was an Australian printer and pioneer ink manufacturer and later a publisher and member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland representing the Electoral district of Cairns.

Suffering poor health, his doctor then suggested a sea voyage and his father paid for him to travel to Australia.

The following year he gained contracts in other states by supplying ink for the printing of South Australian postage stamps.

Between 1876 and 1878 he traveled to the United States of America and Britain in an effort to secure new printing contracts and when he returned to Australia he moved his company to Sydney.

He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly until 1893 when he stood down and was replaced by future Premier of Queensland, Thomas Joseph Byrnes.