James Brunker

James Nixon Brunker (28 April 1832 – 5 June 1910) was an Australian politician, Minister of Lands in the Parliament of New South Wales.

[1] Brunker was born in Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.

He was the son of John Nixon Brunker, a wine and spirit merchant, and his wife Mary Ann, née McGreavy.

In 1856 he became a stock and station agent, which in 1870 became a partnership with Henry Badgery and J E Wolfe, with branches in Newcastle and Sydney.

[9] He had a lengthy illness prior to his death in Maitland, New South Wales on 5 June 1910(1910-06-05) (aged 78), survived by his wife Elizabeth, a daughter, Mary Ann Elizabeth and four sons, James Henry, George William, Arthur Frederick and Ernest Septimus, 34 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.