Joseph Kelly (New South Wales politician)

He attended Fort Street Model School before becoming a surveyor; he also farmed land around Byron Bay.

Joseph Kelly was educated at Fort Street High School and subsequently joined the NSW Surveyor- General's Department.

After an initial posting to Orange he was appointed assistant Government Surveyor with the North Coast Survey Department at Grafton, NSW.

[2] He was also one of the founders and first chairman of directors of the North Coast Cooperative Company (NORCO)[3] In 1894 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Protectionist member for Tweed.

Re-elected in 1895, he was defeated in 1898.Joseph Kelly remained in the northern rivers region until 1918 after which he retired to his birthplace and property on Popran Creek, Glenworth Valley.