Samuel Gordon (Australian politician)

[1][2] He emigrated to Sydney in 1829 and worked in a number of mercantile houses before commencing his own company, which was involved in trade between Van Diemen's Land and New South Wales.

In 1840 Gordon established a large store in Liverpool, founded a brewery and acquired 50,000 acres of pastoral land on the Murrumbidgee River.

[1] During his later life, in partnership with Edward Flood, he gained control over 460 square miles (1,200 km2) of pastoral land in Queensland.

Gordon was involved in numerous local organisations including the Presbyterian Church, St Andrew's College, Sydney and the YMCA.

[6] He declined to stand for the seat at the 1860 election,[7][8] but accepted Cowper's invitation to join the Legislative Council as a life-time appointment in 1861.