George Charles Sim

George Charles Sim (1847 – 17 May 1922) was a journalist, and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

After receiving his education in Bradford, he arrived in Australia where he became a prospector and mining expert in 1870.

He then became a journalist for the Carpentaria Times before moving to Brisbane to continue his career in journalism.

[1] Sim, after unsuccessfully contesting the seat of Burke in 1890, won the seat of Carpentaria in the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1896.

[1] Sim died at Wynnum in 1922[1] and was buried in the Toowong Cemetery.