James Augustine Cunneen (22 February 1826 – 19 April 1889) was an Australian politician.
[1] He was born at Mulgrave to pastoralist John Cunneen and Mary Flanagan.
In 1860 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Hawkesbury, serving until his defeat in 1869.
[4] In September 1865 the Governor declared that a member of the Legislative Assembly was capable of holding the office of Postmaster-General,[5] and Cunneen was appointed,[1] becoming the first member of parliament to hold the office so since the establishment of Responsible Government in 1856.
[2] Cunneen died after falling down a flight of stairs at his Paddington home in 1889 (aged 63).