Jason Boles

He was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1893 to 1904, representing the electorate of Port Curtis.

He worked as a stockman at Hilton Station and a mailman at Cania before going into business as a storekeeper.

After operating stores at Cania, Millchester and Charters Towers, he settled in Gladstone in 1880.

Boles was also the first secretary of the Gladstone Turf Club and was president of the School of Arts.

[1][2] Boles married Mary Breslin on 25 February 1878; she narrowly predeceased him.